HISTORY
THE COLD WAR ERA
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Question
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The US wanted to spread communism
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The US wanted to encourage a dictatorship
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The US wanted to contain the spread of communism
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The US wanted to discontinue their democratic government.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Harry Truman devised what would be the heart of American foreign policy for the Cold War, a policy known as containment. Its goal was to ensure that the Soviet Union did not expand further than eastern Europe, and when the communist forces pushed, the United States would push back, but only with measured force.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States envisioned a Europe of free, democratic nations. However, the Soviet Union was determined to create satellite nations in Eastern Europe. Satellite nations Satellite nations Satellite nations are countries dominated by a more powerful neighbor.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Cold War began after World War II ended in 1945. The Soviet Union was a communist country. Communism is an economic system where most property belongs to the government. The United States had a capitalist economy, where property usually belongs to individuals.
Detailed explanation-4: -differ after World War II? The difference in goals was the United States wanted to encourage democracy and the Soviet Union wanted to set up Communist governments.
Detailed explanation-5: -In addition to economic redevelopment, one of the stated goals of the Marshall Plan was to halt the spread of communism on the European continent.