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Mind Map by milliewernyj17, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by milliewernyj17
almost 11 years ago
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The development of the Cold War:
The Truman Doctrine and Marshall
Aid
- The Truman Doctrine (1947)
- Truman asked the US military to
assess the strength of the USSR's army
- USSR in no position
to wage a war
- USSR in no position
to wage a war
- He believed that Stalin had
strategies to gain more territory
and encourage more
communist revolutions across
Europe
- He also believed he had a better chance of
succeeding due to the devastation from the
second world war on countries such as:
Italy, France, Greece, Turkey and the UK
- He also believed he had a better chance of
succeeding due to the devastation from the
second world war on countries such as:
Italy, France, Greece, Turkey and the UK
- It stated that:
- 1. The world has a choice of
communist tyranny or
democratic freedom
- 2. America had the right to
fight for liberty when it was
ever threatened
- 3. The US would send troops
and resources to countries who
felt threatened with the thought
of communism
- 4. The US has to stop
communism expanding
throughout the world and
gaining territory
- 4. The US has to stop
communism expanding
throughout the world and
gaining territory
- 3. The US would send troops
and resources to countries who
felt threatened with the thought
of communism
- 2. America had the right to
fight for liberty when it was
ever threatened
- 1. The world has a choice of
communist tyranny or
democratic freedom
- Truman asked the US military to
assess the strength of the USSR's army
- The significance of the
Truman Doctrine
- It was significant be it reversed the policy
'isolationism' which meant keeping America out
of world affairs
- It divided the world by
an ideology; capitalism
and communism being
the opposition
- There could be no co-operation between the
east and west due to having completely
different ideologies what rules countries
should follow (private property or state
property?)
- Leading up to the
unofficial ending of
the Grand alliance
- marked the
beginning of
the cold war
- marked the
beginning of
the cold war
- Leading up to the
unofficial ending of
the Grand alliance
- There could be no co-operation between the
east and west due to having completely
different ideologies what rules countries
should follow (private property or state
property?)
- Set out the policy of
containment, where by
America would try in
their best attempt to
stop the spread of
communism
- It was significant be it reversed the policy
'isolationism' which meant keeping America out
of world affairs
- The Marshall Plan (1947)
- Truman described
'Containment' and the 'Marshal
Plan' "two halves of the same
walnut" as they both set out to
destroy the thought of
communism and America had a
dual strategy to deal with it
- spent 13 billion of
American money to
rebuild the shattered
economies of Europe
- Truman thought this was a
good way of increasing
prosperity in Europe,
weakening the thought of
communism
- Truman thought this was a
good way of increasing
prosperity in Europe,
weakening the thought of
communism
- In order to qualify for the money, countries
had to agree they would trade freely with
the US (this also boosted the US economy
so they werent just loosing lots of money
and the country would get something out of
it, not just people turning away from
communism)
- Truman described
'Containment' and the 'Marshal
Plan' "two halves of the same
walnut" as they both set out to
destroy the thought of
communism and America had a
dual strategy to deal with it
- Initial reaction to the
Marshall Plan
- European leaders met at
the Pari conference (1948) to
discuss which countries
wanted to accept Marshal
Aid
- people were willing to accept
it, however representatives
from the USSR walked out and
claimed the US were splitting
Europe into 'two camps'
- They argued that
Truman wanted to
form more allies,
so if face with the
Soviets at battle,
he would have
more support
- They argued that
Truman wanted to
form more allies,
so if face with the
Soviets at battle,
he would have
more support
- people were willing to accept
it, however representatives
from the USSR walked out and
claimed the US were splitting
Europe into 'two camps'
- Stalin insisted
eastern european
countries (Stalin's
sphere of influence)
should refuse to
accept any help from
the US
- 16 countries including Britain and
France welcome Marshall Aid in
hope of rebuilding their economies
from WW2
- European leaders met at
the Pari conference (1948) to
discuss which countries
wanted to accept Marshal
Aid
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