WORLD HISTORY

COLD WAR ERA

IMPACT OF COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The United States Foreign Policy after World War II was the policy of Containment, which was?
A
The U.S. would try to restrict the spread of Fascism in Europe.
B
The U.S. would help to rebuild the nations of Japan and Germany.
C
Due to the importance, the U.S. would increase spending into the Space Race.
D
The U.S. would try to prevent the spread of Communism anywhere in the world.
Explanation: 

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: -The Truman Doctrine, also known as the policy of containment, was President Harry Truman’s foreign policy that the US would provide political, military, and economic aid to democratic countries under the threat of communist influences in order to prevent the expansion of communism.

Detailed explanation-3: -How was the United States’ policy of containment related to the Marshall Plan? d. The United States believed that the economic aid provided by the Marshall Plan would help contain the spread of Communism.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Truman Doctrine was informally extended to become the basis of American Cold War policy throughout Europe and around the world. It shifted American foreign policy toward the Soviet Union from an anti-fascist alliance to a policy of containment of Soviet expansion, as advocated by diplomat George Kennan.

Detailed explanation-5: -Kennan and Containment, 1947 Kennan, a career Foreign Service Officer, formulated the policy of “containment, ” the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war (1947–1989) with the Soviet Union.

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