1. What was the Truman Doctrine and what was the cause of its creation?
It was a doctrine that gave $400 million to Greece and Turkey to fight communism. It was brought on by communist aggression abroad. Truman also created a fear in the American people of Communism to get them to support his doctrine.
2. What were the series of events that brought about the Cold War? Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, and east Germany were taken over by communists. Stalin had broken his promise to not impose communism in Eastern Europe.
3. How did each side in the Cold War perceive the goals of the other side, and were these perceptions justified?
America believed that the Soviet Union was trying to spread their communist ideals throughout Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union believed the US was trying to impose their capitalistic society on them.
4. How did the presence of nuclear weapons affect international politics during the Cold War
Explain.
They made each side desperate to arm themselves with nuclear weapons for fear that the other would use them first.
It was a doctrine that gave $400 million to Greece and Turkey to fight communism. It was brought on by communist aggression abroad. Truman also created a fear in the American people of Communism to get them to support his doctrine.
2. What were the series of events that brought about the Cold War? Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, and east Germany were taken over by communists. Stalin had broken his promise to not impose communism in Eastern Europe.
3. How did each side in the Cold War perceive the goals of the other side, and were these perceptions justified?
America believed that the Soviet Union was trying to spread their communist ideals throughout Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union believed the US was trying to impose their capitalistic society on them.
4. How did the presence of nuclear weapons affect international politics during the Cold War
Explain.
They made each side desperate to arm themselves with nuclear weapons for fear that the other would use them first.