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How did the US try to contain
(restrict) the spread of
communism after World War II?
What message is this cartoon
trying to give?
Satellite
Nations
• Satellite nations
– Countries in Eastern
Europe taken over by
Russia after World War II.
– The USSR tells the
Satellite countries what
to do
• If you were President
Harry Truman looking at
this map of Eastern
Europe how might you
feel?
CONTAINMENT
• America’s plan
after WWII to
STOP
communism from
spreading. They
want to
“CONTAIN”
communism and
keep it stuck.
• “Container” –
keep something
INSIDE.
Greece and Turkey
• 1947
– Greece is in danger of
being overthrown by
Greek Communists
– If Greece becomes a
Soviet satellite, Turkey
might follow.
Western Europe
• 1947
– Western Europe
was in desperate
economic shape.
– Communist parties
in France and Italy
won many
supporters and
others throughout
Western Europe
started doing the
same.
Truman Doctrine
• U.S. Program to
stop the spread of
communism
• States that United
States would give
military and
economic aid to
any country
against
communism
• $400 Million given
to Greece and
Turkey
– Offered to poor
nations likely to
fall to Communism
Marshall Plan
• Gave U.S. financial
aid to European
Nations to rebuild
after WWII
• Gave over $16
billion in aid,
including food and
machinery.
• Welcomed by all
nations of Europe
except the Soviet
Union and its
Communist
Satellite nations
What do you see?
Berlin Airlift
• Stalin was threatened by
the U.S. in Berlin,
Germany.
– took control of the city and
blocked the western
section that was a
democratic government.
• The U.S. helped Berlin by
giving it supplies it
needed by dropping
goods from airplanes.
Debate:
Were Truman’s policies of
containment necessary and a
good way to help foreign
countries?
Q 1. The Truman Doctrine and the
Marshall Plan represented attempts by
the United States to deal with the
1. national debt
2. spread of communism
3. President’s political opposition
4. arms race
Q 2. “An attack on one shall be
considered an attack on all.” This
statement summarizes the foreign
policy known as
1. colonialism
2. nonalignment
3. appeasement
4. collective security
Q3. Which foreign policy decision
by President Harry Truman is an
example of the policy of
containment?
1. relieving General MacArthur of his Korean command
2. recognizing the new nation of Israel
3. supporting the trials of war criminals in Germany and
Japan
4. providing military aid to Greece and Turkey
Q 4.Shortly after World War II, the
cold war developed mainly as a
result of the
1. United States refusal to send
economic aid to European nations
2. Soviet domination of Eastern Europe
3. competition between the superpowers
to explore outer space
4. continuation of the pre-World War II
balance of power
Q5. Speaker A: Steer clear of permanent alliances with any
portion of the foreign world.
Speaker B: The United States will give economic aid to needy
countries anywhere in the world, but will not provide military aid.
Speaker C: The United States must prevent the growth of
communism.
Speaker D: The United States can take over other countries to
help them become more like us.
Which speakers would most likely support a United States
foreign policy of intervention?
1. A and B
2. A and C
3. C and D
4. B and D