Truman & Soviet Expansionism

Question 1

1947 Truman doctrine

Answer 1

Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.

–> Prompting McCarthyism and the Red Scare but also caused by the Korean War and Communist China.

Question 2

Cause for doctrine

Answer 2

Greek & Turkish instability, Truman claimed it stemmed from Monolithic Moscow

Question 2

Marshall Plan

Answer 2

-Went into action in April 1948, driven by fear of Moscow.
-Proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.
-Transferred $13.3 billion in economic recovery programs to Western European economies after the end of World War II.

Question 3

War of words on Marshall Plan

Answer 3

‘A helping hand’ vs ‘dollar imperialism’

Question 4

How much was given in aid to Europe?

Answer 4

13.3 billion USD

Question 5

ERP

Economic recovery plan

Answer 5

Allows united states to in part govern the countries it supports, governing where goods come from eg; Argentinians can’t buy their own goods

Question 6

Russia’s response

Answer 6

comecon 1949

Question 7

Buffer Zones

Answer 7

Although in 1945 the Communist world was limited to the Soviet Union, it rapidly spread to Central and Eastern Europe, forming a protective buffer zone for the USSR.