COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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The United States wanted to spread communism.
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The United States wanted to encourage a dictatorship.
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The United States wanted to contain the spread of communism.
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The United States wanted to discontinue their democratic government.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1947, President Harry S. Truman pledged that the United States would help any nation resist communism in order to prevent its spread. His policy of containment is known as the Truman Doctrine.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Cold War, the United States was based upon capitalism and democracy while the Soviet Union was based upon communism and dictatorship.
Detailed explanation-3: -The goal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War was to keep control of Eastern Europe, and to spread communism. The goal of the United States, along with Britain, was to stop the spread of communism into Western Europe and worldwide.
Detailed explanation-4: -What were the goals if U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War? The goals of U.S. foriegn policy during the cold war were to prevent the extension of communism rule to any other country. The US established a policy of containment and led aid to Greece/Turkey which reduced the danger of communist takeover in those nations.
Detailed explanation-5: -How did the goals of US and Soviet foreign policy differ after World War II? The Soviets wanted to increase their influence and extend Communism, the U.S. wanted to limit Communism and rebuild defeated nations.