Truman and the Cold War Response Sheet Part 1: The Truman Doctrine Use Site 1 to answer the following questions. Read paragraph 2 of Truman’s speech. 1. Conflicts in what two nations led Truman to make his speech? I do not believe that the American people and the Congress wish to turn a deaf ear to the appeal of the Greek Government. Greece is not a rich country. Lack of sufficient natural resources has always forced the Greek people to work hard to make both ends meet. Since 1940‚ this industrious
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Union was to blame for the Cold War‚ how far do you agree with this statement? To an extent I do believe that the Soviet Union was to blame for to blame for the cold war‚ but this was through no fault of their own‚ as Stalin’s intentions was to demobilize and crush Nazi Germany‚ and build a buffer of communism around the Soviet Union‚ due to the threat of another invasion‚ as Germany had invaded twice with devastating consequences. The Soviet Union‚ controlled by Joseph Stalin in this era‚
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Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II. During the Cold War era‚ two major political beliefs were involved in the Cold War: Democracy‚ which was the US and its allies‚ and communism‚ which was the Soviet Union and its allies. The Cold War was caused by of the action’s that were taken by the USSR resulting in a Cold War. There are a lot of reasons that can show why USSR is to blame‚ however‚ the most important ones are: Stalin: the major cause of the Cold War‚ and
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The Cold War was the elongated tension between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. It was a clash of these supergiants in political‚ ideological‚ military‚ and economic values and ideas. The blame for the Cold War cannot be placed on one person -- it developed as a series of chain reactions as a struggle for supremacy. The conflict in ideologies between capitalism and communism resulted in one of the greatest conflicts of the twentieth century. Both the United States and the Soviet
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Truman and the Cold War I. Postwar Domestic Adjustments A. Initial faltering economy – inflation rises‚ GDP down‚ strikes 1. Taft-Hartley Act – put limits on labor unions a. Outlawed closed shop‚ labor leaders take non-Communist oath 2. Sold war factories cheaply to private companies 3. G.I. Bill – paid for school for soldiers; home‚ farm‚ and small business loans B. GDP growth lasts next two decades – Americans – 6% of population controlled 40% of earth’s $ 1. Middle class
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(1T30) Question: Assess the view that Truman was more responsible than Stalin for the outbreak and development of the Cold War in the years 1945 – 1949. Focus: Origins/Causes of the CW‚ 1945 - 1949 Assumption: Both were responsible‚ but who was more responsible? Was Truman really more responsible than Stalin? Criteria : “responsible” – whose actions had greater impact? Whose actions more expansionistic? Which player had a strong position? Who was truly to blame? Evidence: Policies and motives of SPs
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Soviet Union responsible for the origins of the Cold War? (15 marks) The Cold War was the periods of hostility and high tension between USA and USSR that stopped just short of war‚ in the time period 1945 to 1991‚ and sometimes dated back to 1917. It was essentially an ideological conflict between the communist USSR and the capitalist USA‚ which was marked with arms race‚ economic rivalry‚ development of huge espionage networks‚ propaganda and proxy wars‚ formation of the alliance system and spheres
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Who was more to blame for the cold war‚ the USA or the USSR? This Cold War has affected the world from 1945 until now. The blame lies on one of these two countries. I believe it is these party’s leaders who should be blamed for the cold war‚ not the countries. At the time‚ these two countries were on very precarious political and military terms‚ which were ready to fluctuate at any moment. These two countries had lead Europe to a standstill. The two‚ were in a dangerous state of political tension
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Following World War II‚ tensions rose between the Soviet Union and the Western Allies. These tensions soon lapsed into a Cold War. Nikita Khrushchev emerged as leader of the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War following Joseph Stalin’s death in 1953. On occasion‚ the new leader threatened to make this cold war a hot one and was even close to instigating a nuclear war. Due to Khrushchev’s unpredictable nature‚ he was responsible for escalating the Cold War. In 1956‚ Khrushchev delivered
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The cold war had a lot of ups and downs but it had enough positives it to be a western victory. Things like the fall of the berlin wall‚ the Truman doctrine‚ the Marshall plan‚ and the space race. Everything is more important or more helpful than something else. The Truman doctrine had the US help countries fight off communism and stay communist-free. The Marshall plan was like the “other half” of the Truman doctrine‚ meaning the US would provide financial aid to countries to help avoid communism
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