COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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It blocked Soviet missiles from from arriving in communist Cuba.
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It provided economic aid to European countries in order to prevent the spread of communism.
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It authorized the use of military force against communist forces in Vietnam.
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It stopped communist efforts to control the Korean Peninsula.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The United States followed a policy of containment during the Cold War in response to the spread of communism. How did the Marshall Plan reflect containment policy? It authorized the use of military force against communist forces in Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The “containment policy” was the U.S. approach to containing, or preventing, the spread of Communism after World War II. The idea was to make other countries prosperous enough to avoid the temptation of communism. An early test of containment came in Greece and Turkey.
Detailed explanation-4: -The United States developed its policy of containment to prevent communism from spreading further into Europe and the rest of the world.
Detailed explanation-5: -European Recovery Program assistance is said to have contributed to more positive morale in Europe and to political and economic stability, which helped diminish the strength of domestic communist parties. The U.S. political and economic role in Europe was enhanced and U.S. trade with Europe boosted.