The Dream Of Communism Dbq

The Shattered Dream of Communism The Soviet Union and the United States were good allies during the beginning of the Cold War, but as time passed tension began to increase between the two nations. The United States was concerned over Stalin’s desire for more power. This fueled America’s fear of Russia’s spreading communism to other European countries. If the USSR were able successfully spread communism, it could lead to the Soviets gaining more control of the world. America, being a capitalist country, was against the idea and did its best to prevent Stalin’s plan for a communist world. In order to halt the growth of communism, the Unites States created NATO, the Containment Policy and the Marshall Plan, and helped the South sides during the Korean War and Vietnam War. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military alliance between Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the …show more content…
President Truman speaks about the policy saying, “One of the primary objectives of the foreign policy of the United States is the creation of conditions in which we and other nations will be able to work out a way of life free from coercion” (Document B). The policy of containment was a strategy the U.S used to fight against communism with the help of other nations. Along with the containment policy, the Marshall Plan was used to restore Western European countries and their economy. This plan would help the U.S gain more allies while also stopping the Soviets from obtaining those nations as future allies. In the chart shown in document C, the countries helped the most were France and the United Kingdom. The reason for this was because at the time, Britain went bankrupt after the war and France little to nothing left because of the Germans. The chart also shows the United States helped two axis power allies, those being Germany and