Topic 12 Study Guide

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Truman Doctrine:*1947, Provided military and economic aid to fight communism around the globe.*Stop the spread of communism at all costs.

Containment Policy:

*Contain communism around the globe.

*Using economic, military, and other means.

*Led us into multiple armed conflicts in foreign countries.

U.S. Foreign Policy (Korea & Vietnam)

*Ended up doing so, and providing long term support.

*Went into Korea to help support the free Koreans and push the communists out.

*Still train South Korean troops, and are present on the border of North and South Korea.

*Went into Vietnam with similar intentions, however had a different outcome.

 Intervention

*We intervened around the globe in order to slow the spread of communism.

Cold War Development

*USA feared communism

*Cuban Missile Crisis.

WWII Foreign Policy vs Post WWII Foreign Policy

*A limited war does not utilize all the resources of the country.

Examples of Containment in Europe

*The Berlin airlift.

*The division of Berlin

*Marshall Plan

Main Points of Division of Germany

*East Germany was communist under the rule of the USSR. 

*West Germany was free and governed by France, Great Britain, and the US

Douglas MacArthur Dismissal

*MacArthur did not listen to orders from President Truman.

*Truman feared that MacArthur was becoming too powerful.

*Truman took him off the job.

Korean War Similarities with Persian Gulf War

*Both supported but not fully fought by the US.

Nuclear Test Ban

*In August 1963, nuclear able countries agreed to stop the testing of Nuclear weapons.

Long Term Effects of Vietnam

*Countries around the world knowing how committed the United States is to stopping communism.

*Limited war is not easy to win or fight.

Peace Corps

*Third world countries.

*An American organization developed to help developing nations.

 

End of Cold War

*The Cold War was brought to an end with the Fall of the Berlin wall in Germany. 

Domino Theory

*Communism can spread like domino's.

 

Nixon's Détente

*Easing tensions between the Soviets and U.S.