Topic 12 Concept Guide

Truman Doctrine:

-President Truman set up this policy in 1947. The goal was to provide military and economic aid to fight communism.
Containment Policy:

- United States policy using military, economic and diplomatic strategies to stall the spread of communism.Bay of Pigs Invasion & Similarities with Panama
U.S. Foreign Policy (Korea & Vietnam)

- In Korea, we became very involved - President Truman said to "give the Korean government troops, cover and support." The U.S. also heavily influenced South Korean uniforms and way of fighting. In Vietnam, we were quite involved as well. Although many hippies and anti-way protesters existed in America at this time, we sent many troops over to help fight off communism.
Intervention - In Vietnam we sent troops to help fight; we didn't really want to get our military involved in Korea so we sent financial aid and support to fight communism without getting physical.
Cold War Development

- The main cause of the Cold War was the growing fear of communism. Countries all over the world, especially America, we trying to prevent the "domino affect" and not give in to communist ways. Nuclear powers also contributed to this heated time period of stress and worry.
WWII Foreign Policy vs Post WWII Foreign Policy

- Before WWII, the U.S policy was isolation; we tried to stay our of foreign affairs and focus on building up our economy. After the war our policy began to intervene and get more involved with countries in need of help.
Limited War

-A limited war consists of participants not using all avaliable resources

Examples of Containment in Europe

- The Berlin wall which separated West Germany from Communist East Germany. The US wanted to stop the spread of communism to other countries in Europe.
Main Points of Division of Germany

- East Germany was communist under Soviet Rule. West Germany was a democracy ruled by France, Great Britain, and the US
Douglas MacArthur Dismissal

- MacArthur failed to adhere to President Truman's orders, he was the commander of the UN forces. He also made contradictory statements, and Truman had to fire him.

Korean War Similarities with Persian Gulf War

- The Korean and Persian Gulf war were similar in which they both had the assistance of the U.S in order to prevent a government from gaining power and they both started with a sudden invasion of one country over the other.
Nuclear Test Ban

- In August 1963, nuclear powers agreed to stop testing nuclear weapons. Many, including the U.S. do not follow this ban, regardless of signing it.
Long Term Effects of Vietnam

- The Long Term Effects of Vietnam were, high death rates, the country was divided into "hawks" and "doves" aka Pro war and Anti-War. Also the economic costs were great. American soldiers came back, a lot were psychologically scarred. Vietnamese migration the the U.S.
Peace Corps

- An American volunteer program run by the United States Government. The mission includes: providing technical asistance, helping people outside the U.S to understand our culture and helping Americans unterstand the cultures of other countries.
End of Cold War

-The fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of the Cold War.
Domino Theory

-The theory that if one country became communist, all other surrounding countries would fall to it in a domino effect.
Nixon's Détente

- Easing tensions between the Soviets and U.S.