WORLD HISTORY

COLD WAR ERA

IMPACT OF COLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which policy was adopted by the United States to prevent the spread of communism?
A
appeasement
B
containment
C
isolationism
D
militarism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -This containment policy was effective in preventing the spread of communism. The Cold War was called so as it technically never heated up into a direct USSR-US war, however the US’s containment policy put these two powers at odds through a series of outside conflicts in a number of theaters internationally.

Detailed explanation-4: -The concept was first outlined in George Kennan’s “Long Telegram, ” which he sent from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. The message arrived in Washington, D.C., on February 22, 1946, and was circulated widely around the White House.

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