Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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Containment policy definition
Containment policy definition
US policy to stop the spread of communism
Long Telegram sender, Feb 1946
Long Telegram sender, Feb 1946
George Kennan, US diplomat in Moscow
Churchill's Fulton Speech date & location
Churchill's Fulton Speech date & location
March 1946, Fulton, Missouri
Iron Curtain meaning
Iron Curtain meaning
Churchill's term for Soviet control division across Europe
Truman Doctrine date & purpose
Truman Doctrine date & purpose
March 1947, support countries resisting communism
Truman Doctrine immediate concerns
Truman Doctrine immediate concerns
Greece and Turkey
Aid for Greece & Turkey amount
Aid for Greece & Turkey amount
$400 million
Marshall Plan launch year
Marshall Plan launch year
1948
Marshall Plan proposer
Marshall Plan proposer
George Marshall, US Secretary of State
Marshall Plan aid amount
Marshall Plan aid amount
Over $12 billion
Berlin Blockade dates
Berlin Blockade dates
1948-1949
US response to Berlin Blockade
US response to Berlin Blockade
Berlin Airlift, supplied West Berlin by air
COMECON date & purpose
COMECON date & purpose
1949, Soviet economic organization to counter Marshall Plan
Warsaw Pact date & purpose
Warsaw Pact date & purpose
1955, Soviet military alliance in response to NATO
Soviet satellite states (4 examples)
Soviet satellite states (4 examples)
Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, East Germany