1) explain foreign policy of containment and give 3 specific examples.

containment is:

the means to stop the spread of communism

marshall plan

. a program that gave money to western european countries to help them rebuild after ww2. was made so that Western euorpe wouldnt get so poor that they turn to communism

Truman doctrine

said that the us would help any country resist the threat of communism. we helped we turkey and greece first, offered aid to help their economy so they wouldnt go poor.

Defense alliances.

this was a response to the berlin blockade. The US, canada, and western europe formed a military defense called NATO used to defend against possible military threats by the soviets

what essay topic is this?

explain the foreign policy of containment and give three specific examples of how the US practiced this during the cold war