Title: Chapter 12 The Cold War: Focus Questions Flashcards | Quizlet
Headings: Chapter 12 The Cold War: Focus Questions
Chapter 12 The Cold War: Focus Questions
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Content: Why did George Kennan think that containment would work against Soviet expansion? Kennan thought if he provided aid to countries that were suffering econommically and might soon have to go into the soviet union, he could build them up and therefore they could stand up against communism
How did the United States and its allies apply the containment policy in Europe? The US passed the Marshall Plan to give monetary aid to help European countries rebuild their economies. The idea is that by building solid economies in Europe, the countries wouldn't fall to communism and thus contain it within the Soviet Union. How did President Truman use the power of the presidency to limit the spread of communism in East Asia? President Truman established that the U.S would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from internal or external authoritarian forces. President Truman delivered a speech before a joint session on March 12, 1947, this is how The Truman Doctrine up-rose. The immediate cause for the speech was a recent announcement by the British Government that, as of March 31, it would no longer provide military and economic assistance to the Greek Government in its civil war against the Greek Communist Party. Why were the communists able to win the Chinese Civil War? Jiang Jieshi and his nationalist's forces were corrupt, and the united states refused to intervene militarily.