WORLD HISTORY

COLD WAR ERA

IMPACT OF COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the purpose of the U.S. policy of “containment”?
A
To encourage the spread of communism around the world.
B
To encourage citizens to build nuclear fall-out shelters to “contain” people during the Cold War.
C
To increase tension in the Middle East.
D
To stop communism from spreading throughout Western Europe and Asia.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The United States feared specifically a domino effect, that the communism of the USSR would spread from one country to the next, destabilizing one nation which would, in turn, destabilize the next and allow for communist regimes to dominate the region.

Detailed explanation-3: -Overview. 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-4: -When communist rebels threatened the governments of Greece and Turkey in 1947, President Truman gave those countries military aid. With this help, the Greek and Turkish governments were able to defeat the communist rebels. The Truman Doctrine cont.

Detailed explanation-5: -The key goals of containment were to limit the spread of Soviet power and Communist ideology. Yet containment was never a defensive strategy; it was con ceived as an instrument to achieve victory in the Cold War.

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