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Content: The Soviet Union wanted control of eastern europe. The United States wanted independent nations in eastern europe
What events caused president Truman tp propose what became known as the Truman Doctrine? The Truman Doctrine was a policy set forth by U.S. President Harry S Truman on March 12, 1947 stating that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet sphere. Why did the Soviet Union support the creation of communist states in Eastern Europe? The Soviet Union supported the creation of communist states in Eastern Europe because it gave them allies/increased strength
Why did George Kennan think that containment would work against Soviet expansion? he 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 US 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? keeping communism in its enclosed borders
President Truman worried what China might do if the war continued, but then MacAuther had told him that China would not intervene and he continued to push Northward.