a. The Marshall Plan, the European Recovery Program, channeled over much needed funds to finance the economic recovery of Europe between 1948 and 1951.
b. The Marshall Plan was the U.S.’s plan to rebuild war-torn Europe to prevent the spread of communism, facilitate global trade and free markets, and encourage European peace.
II. Berlin Airlift
a. The Berlin Blockade was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies' railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.
b. The Berlin airlift was important because it prevented West Berlin from falling into the control of the Soviet Union after World War II Thus containment of communism was halted.
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Korean War
a. The main goal was to protect South Korea from invasion and possible takeover by the North Koreans.
b. This would help achieve the second goal, which was to stop the spread of communism.
IV. Truman Doctrine
a. The Truman Doctrine, established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
b. The president's "Truman Doctrine" committed the United States to a policy of supporting foes of Communism everywhere in the