Cold War Questions
1) What was the Truman Doctrine and what was the cause of its creation?
The Truman Doctrine was a policy that stated that America would fund countries who agree not to be a Communist country. America was paranoid that the Soviet Union would persuade other countries to become Communist, so they essentially bribed other countries to become democratic.
2) What were the series of events that brought about the Cold War?
Firstly, the Soviet Union and the US did not agree to many things during WWII: the Communistic and the democratic countries didn't mix well together. Secondly, Stalin agreed to hold 'free elections' in the countries around the USSR, but he went back on this promise and made them into 'satellite states'.
3) How did each side in the Cold War perceive the goals of the other side, and were those perceptions justified?
Each side percieved the other as trying to convert other countries to be Communist/ democratic. Those perceptions were somewhat justified, as shown by the Truman Doctrine and Stalin's version of 'free elections'. Another fear was that each was trying to steal the secrets of the other, demonstrated in the Red Scare.
4) How did the presence of nuclear weapons affect international politics during the Cold War? Explain.
Each side was at a stalemate, because both the US and the USSR had atomic weapons and they both feared that the weapons would be used against them. This is evident in the Cuban Missile crisis, when Kruschev and Kennedy finally agreed to remove missiles from Cuba and Turkey, respectively.
The Truman Doctrine was a policy that stated that America would fund countries who agree not to be a Communist country. America was paranoid that the Soviet Union would persuade other countries to become Communist, so they essentially bribed other countries to become democratic.
2) What were the series of events that brought about the Cold War?
Firstly, the Soviet Union and the US did not agree to many things during WWII: the Communistic and the democratic countries didn't mix well together. Secondly, Stalin agreed to hold 'free elections' in the countries around the USSR, but he went back on this promise and made them into 'satellite states'.
3) How did each side in the Cold War perceive the goals of the other side, and were those perceptions justified?
Each side percieved the other as trying to convert other countries to be Communist/ democratic. Those perceptions were somewhat justified, as shown by the Truman Doctrine and Stalin's version of 'free elections'. Another fear was that each was trying to steal the secrets of the other, demonstrated in the Red Scare.
4) How did the presence of nuclear weapons affect international politics during the Cold War? Explain.
Each side was at a stalemate, because both the US and the USSR had atomic weapons and they both feared that the weapons would be used against them. This is evident in the Cuban Missile crisis, when Kruschev and Kennedy finally agreed to remove missiles from Cuba and Turkey, respectively.