Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan

The Truman Doctrine became known as:

• The Marshall Plan

• The policy of Containment

• The Riga Axioms

• The Domino Theory

What year did President Harry S. Truman pledge to help any nation resist communism?

• 1949

• 1947

• 1945

• 1950

This plan provided military and economic aid (help) to Greece and Turkey to stop the spread of communism

• Warsaw pact

• NATO 

• Truman Doctrine

• Arms Race

The Truman Doctrine -

• warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs in Latin America

• established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from Communist nations

• declares a complete break with Britain and its King and claims the powers of an independent country

• creates a government with enough power to act on a national level

Who was the Marshall Plan named after?

• Secretary of State George Marshall

• President Marshall

• Thurgood Marshall

• Chief Justice John Marshall

• Vice President Thomas Marshall

What did the Marshall Plan do?

• Punished war criminals

• Divided Germany into East and West Germany

• Provided aid to countries recovering from World War II

• Divided Korea into North and South Korea

• Built up nuclear weapons for the Cold War

Idea that people who are desperate might fall to Communism, so U.S. would provide financial aid to war-torn nations of Europe to help rebuild.

• Containment

• Iron Curtain

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

Started with Communist rebels threatening Greece and Turkey, but Truman promises to support any country fighting the threat of Communism.

• Containment

• Iron Curtain

• Marshall Plan

• Truman Doctrine

What were the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine intended to do?

• prevent a nuclear arms race

• halt the spread of communism

• help Asian countries recover from war

• support former European colonies

What was the name of America's foreign economic recovery strategy for Europe?

• Molotov Plan

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshall Plan

• Containment Plan