How did the U.S. Contain Communism? Communism is a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. Soon after World War II ended on April 25, 1945, at the the Elbe River, the U.S. soon found themselves in political tensions with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union and the United States had major differences. The Soviet Union, under Stalin's regime, advocated communism while the United States favored capitalism. This political difference lead to the Cold War, which was an iron curtain between the Soviet-controlled countries in Eastern Europe and the Western democracies. How did the U.S. control
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On January 1959, Fidel Castro became the communist leader of Cuba. As a result of this inauguration, Soviet’s ship hundreds of thousands of warheads to Cuba. A map created from various sources state, “US announces a quarantine against ships carrying offensive weapons to Cuba.” The United States, once again, interferes to prevent the Soviet Union from installing weapons in Cuba that are in range of U.S land. As a result of this quarantine, the Soviets began to remove their missiles, five days later. This shows that the United States quickly ended the threat of Soviet bombs and prevented the expansion of the Soviet Nation.
Although there were many times during the Cold War that the United States attempted to contain communism like the Truman Doctrine , which declared that America would support the free people, three examples are very clear.. They controlled the expansion of communism by the Berlin Airlift, the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. As soon as the Soviets decided to expand, the Americans followed up with the decision to contain. These series of event, arguably, prevented the Soviet Nation’s reign on the
On January 1959, Fidel Castro became the communist leader of Cuba. As a result of this inauguration, Soviet’s ship hundreds of thousands of warheads to Cuba. A map created from various sources state, “US announces a quarantine against ships carrying offensive weapons to Cuba.” The United States, once again, interferes to prevent the Soviet Union from installing weapons in Cuba that are in range of U.S land. As a result of this quarantine, the Soviets began to remove their missiles, five days later. This shows that the United States quickly ended the threat of Soviet bombs and prevented the expansion of the Soviet Nation.
Although there were many times during the Cold War that the United States attempted to contain communism like the Truman Doctrine , which declared that America would support the free people, three examples are very clear.. They controlled the expansion of communism by the Berlin Airlift, the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. As soon as the Soviets decided to expand, the Americans followed up with the decision to contain. These series of event, arguably, prevented the Soviet Nation’s reign on the