COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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restore control of satellite states to the Soviet Union.
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use military force to fight Communist expansion in Asia.
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give economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
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end the civil war in Greece and rid the country of Communists.
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Detailed explanation-1: -With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
Detailed explanation-2: -Addressing a joint session of Congress on March 12, 1947, President Harry S. Truman asked for $400 million in military and economic assistance for Greece and Turkey and established a policy, aptly characterized as the Truman Doctrine.
Detailed explanation-3: -Implications. Until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Truman Doctrine generally succeeded in containing Communism to its pre-1945 borders with exceptions in southeast Asia, Cuba, and Afghanistan.
Detailed explanation-4: -The goal of the Truman Doctrine was to contain and prevent the communist sphere of influence in governments around the world, specifically around Asia and Europe, and prevent the Soviet Union (USSR) from growing.