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Containment - 1946

Swbat analyze how u.s. foreign policy decisions added to the tensions of the cold war by evaluating the individual policies.

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Containment - 1946

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  1. Swbat analyze how u.s. foreign policy decisions added to the tensions of the cold war by evaluating the individual policies.

  2. Following World War II, the threat of communist expansion led the United States to take diplomatic, military, and economic actions to limit the global influence of the Soviet Union and China. These Cold War actions met with varying degrees of success.

  3. Containment - 1946 • By the time World War II ended, most American officials agreed that the best defense against the Soviet threat was a strategy called “containment.” • U.s. foreign policy for keeping communism out of the western hemisphere where America was located.

  4. Base your answer to question 3 on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies. “….I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation [control] by armed minorities or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes….” — President Harry Truman, speech to Congress (Truman Doctrine), March 12, 1947 3. The program described in this quotation was part of the foreign policy of (1) détente (3) neutrality (2) containment (4) colonialism

  5. Truman Doctrine - 1947 • On March 12, 1947, President Harry Truman urges a joint session of Congress to support his doctrine, which calls for U.S. financial and military aid to Greece and Turkey in an effort to protect the countries from Soviet domination.

  6. This excerpt is adapted from President Truman’s speech to Congress on March 12, 1947. What policy did President Truman suggest in this speech? I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation [domination] by armed minorities or by outside pressures. . . . Should we fail to aid Greece and Turkey in this fateful hour, the effect will be far-reaching to the West. . . . We must take immediate (INSTANT) and resolute (FIRM) action. I therefore ask the Congress to provide authority for assistance to Greece and Turkey in the amount of $400 million. . . . The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want. They spread and grow in the evil soil of poverty and strife. They reach their full growth when the hope of a people for a better life has died. What policy did President Truman suggest in this speech?

  7. MARSHALL PLAN - 1948 • The Marshall Plan, also known as the European Recovery Program, was a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. It was enacted in 1948 and provided more than $15 billion to help finance rebuilding efforts on the continent. In addition to economic redevelopment, one of the stated goals of the Marshall Plan was to halt the spread communism on the European continent. Implementation of the Marshall Plan has been cited as the beginning of the Cold War between the United States and its European allies and the Soviet Union, 

  8. This excerpt is adapted from a speech by U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall on June 5, 1947. In it, he explained his plan for European recovery. I need to say that the world situation is very serious. . . . Europe must have a great deal of additional help, or face heavy economic, social, and political damage. This would have a harmful effect on the world at large. There are also possibilities of conflicts because of the nervousness of the people concerned. The effect on the economy of the United States should be clear to all. So the United States should do whatever it can to help restore normal economic health to the world. Without this there can be no political stability or peace. Our policy is directed . . . against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos [disorder]. Its purpose is to revive a working economy in the world. Why did Secretary of State Marshall suggest this plan for European recovery?

  9. Notes to be written down • CONTAINMENT – 1946: U.s. foreign policy for keeping communism out of the western hemisphere where America was located. • Truman Doctrine – 1947: U.S. financial and military aid to Greece and Turkey in an effort to protect the countries from Soviet power. • MARSHALL PLAN – 1948: a U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II. the stated goals of the Marshall Plan was to halt the spread communism on the European continent.

  10. Regents review Which action was taken by the United States government to help Europe’s economic recovery after World War II? (1) forming the Alliance for Progress (2) sending troops to Turkey (3) creating the Marshall Plan (4) joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  11. Regents review Which action was taken by the United States government to help Europe’s economic recovery after World War II? (1) forming the Alliance for Progress (2) sending troops to Turkey (3) creating the Marshall Plan (4) joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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