Truman and Josef Stalin, opposing ideas in relation to the treatment of Germany after the war, and the U.S. wanting to contain communism while Stalin and the U.S.S.R. wanted to expand their territory into Eastern Europe.

The United Nations Charter and the Charter of the Organization of American States forbid only intervention by states. No State or group of States has the right to intervene, directly or in- directly, for any reason whatever, in the internal or external affairs of any other State.

In response, the U.S. and Britain sent aid to West Berlin through a massive airlift. The Berlin airlift saved West Berlin and underscored the U.S. commitment to contain communism. As Cold War tensions mounted, both sides formed military alliances for collective security.

The United States committed itself to containing communism between 1945 and 1960 because this represented a pragmatic middle course between ignoring Soviet influence in the world and fighting it directly. This was the policy best adapted to US strategic, economic, and ideological interests after the Second World War.

The Cold War began after World War Two when nations formerly under Nazi rule ended up split between the conquests of the U.S.S.R. The United States developed its policy of containment to prevent communism from spreading further into Europe and the rest of the world. …

The United States feared the spread of an economic system that would undermine its way of life and systematically destroy free enterprise all over the world, while the Soviet Union feared that the United States would control other nations and squelch communist revolutions in other countries. You just studied 43 terms!

The intense rivalry between the two superpowers raised concerns in the United States that Communists and leftist sympathizers inside America might actively work as Soviet spies and pose a threat to U.S. security. You just studied 22 terms!

The US tried to stop the spread of communism by the Marshall Plan (giving economic aid to devasted countries), by the Berlin Airlift, by the creation of NATO and by helping form the United Nations.

What were the three issues that led to hard feelings between the Soviet Union and the United States? The Soviet Union signed a treaty with Hitler, the U.S. kept the atomic bomb a secret, and the U.S. took a long time to attack Hitler.

What seems to have motivated McCarthyism? Why did McCarthyism succeed at first? McCarthy fed on the public’s fears and gave them the impression that he was purging the nation of very dangerous, and seemingly very real, commie menace. In television hearings, McCarthy bullies witnesses, turning the public against him.

The Nationalists were against communism and supported groups at war with communist leaders. What did the U.S. do to affect the outcome of the Civil War in China? The U.S. sent two billion of military equipment and supplies. The nationalists lost and the communist took over.

What is McCarthyism? A campaign or practice that endorses the use of unfair allegations and investigations. McCarthyism was part of the anti-Communist fear spreading around the world at the time of the Cold War.

P3: Cold War- Why Cold War IS the main reason for McCarthyism. The intensity of McCarthyism developed as the Cold War developed, and when the Soviet Union was perceived to have increased power, McCarthyism became more frantic.

How did McCarthyism affect America for years to come? McCarthyism created a culture of uniformity and paranoia that feared anything slightly different.

Why did McCarthyism succeed at first aand then fall out of favor? First, it succeeded because it fed on the publics fears of foreign influence in the USA, fears that had already been by several highly publicized espionage cases and various govt. hearings on the issue.

The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to aid in the economic recovery of nations after World War II and secure US geopolitical influence over Western Europe.