1. What was the Truman Doctrine and what was the cause of its creation?
The Truman Doctrine made the "containment doctrine" official through President Truman. In this doctrine, President Truman asked Congress for $400 million to aid Greece and Turkey, who were feeling Communist pressures. The cause of its original creation was America's communist views toward the U.S.S.R. This policy was greatly broadened as the U.S. was to stop communism anywhere it seemed to be trying to expand. The Truman Doctrine dominated U.S. policy for the next four decades.
2. What were the series of events that brought about the Cold War?
The Yalta Conference was the meeting of The Big Three and shaped the Cold War to come. China fell to the communists after Chiang Kai-Shek was overthrown. There was much tension between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. due to America's failure to recognize the Soviet Union earlier, tardiness in beginning a second front, the withdrawal of the lend-lease program in Russia, and by the rejection of Russia's reconstruction request. Also the creation of the Truman Doctrine as well as the Marshall Plan heightened the foreshadowing of the Cold War. Also, the beginnings of the space race.
3. How did each side in the Cold War perceive the goals of the other side, and were these perceptions justified?
Russia promised to enter the war against Japan. In return, Russia would receive 1/2 of Sakhalin Island, Japan's Kurile Islands, railroads in Manchuria, and Port Arthur on the Pacific. However, by the time Russia entered, the U.S. had already won. It appeared that Russia just entered to look good and accept the spoils of victory. This was justified since Russia was given a very good bargain and could have mobilized their troops faster. The Soviets felt put out because the U.S. had waited until 1933 to formally recognize the U.S.S.R., the Allies had been slow to start a second front, America withdrew the lend-lease program to Russia in 1945, and America rejected Russia's request for a $6 billion reconstruction loan, but gave one for Germany $3.75 billion,
4. How did the presence of nuclear weapons affect international politics during the Cold War? Explain.
It started the nuclear arms race in September 1949, when the Soviet union announced it had successfully detonated an atomic bomb, ending American's nuclear monopoly. It made it harder to relive tensions between Russia and the United States.
The Truman Doctrine made the "containment doctrine" official through President Truman. In this doctrine, President Truman asked Congress for $400 million to aid Greece and Turkey, who were feeling Communist pressures. The cause of its original creation was America's communist views toward the U.S.S.R. This policy was greatly broadened as the U.S. was to stop communism anywhere it seemed to be trying to expand. The Truman Doctrine dominated U.S. policy for the next four decades.
2. What were the series of events that brought about the Cold War?
The Yalta Conference was the meeting of The Big Three and shaped the Cold War to come. China fell to the communists after Chiang Kai-Shek was overthrown. There was much tension between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. due to America's failure to recognize the Soviet Union earlier, tardiness in beginning a second front, the withdrawal of the lend-lease program in Russia, and by the rejection of Russia's reconstruction request. Also the creation of the Truman Doctrine as well as the Marshall Plan heightened the foreshadowing of the Cold War. Also, the beginnings of the space race.
3. How did each side in the Cold War perceive the goals of the other side, and were these perceptions justified?
Russia promised to enter the war against Japan. In return, Russia would receive 1/2 of Sakhalin Island, Japan's Kurile Islands, railroads in Manchuria, and Port Arthur on the Pacific. However, by the time Russia entered, the U.S. had already won. It appeared that Russia just entered to look good and accept the spoils of victory. This was justified since Russia was given a very good bargain and could have mobilized their troops faster. The Soviets felt put out because the U.S. had waited until 1933 to formally recognize the U.S.S.R., the Allies had been slow to start a second front, America withdrew the lend-lease program to Russia in 1945, and America rejected Russia's request for a $6 billion reconstruction loan, but gave one for Germany $3.75 billion,
4. How did the presence of nuclear weapons affect international politics during the Cold War? Explain.
It started the nuclear arms race in September 1949, when the Soviet union announced it had successfully detonated an atomic bomb, ending American's nuclear monopoly. It made it harder to relive tensions between Russia and the United States.