COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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The United States refused to go to war after World War II.
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The United States became isolationist and avoided conflict in other parts of the world
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The United States focused only on the economic issues within its borders.
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The United States promised to defend democracy by stopping communist expansion
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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: -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.