Russia Revolution, Tsar system replaced, Communist took over... thered scare 1917-1920, immigrants into western Europe from Russiasupporting communism, also anti American, ones who came to Americastarted riots and attempted to make America communist, threw them injail or deported.. Russia started converting the surrounding countriesaround Russia to communism, Russians were angry at us for not helpingmore in WWII.Soviets were afraid that we would use western Europe as a launching area for atomic bombers, Stalin promised fair elections, but either ignored or only had communist options, soviet union took on eastern Europe and had a chunk of Germany,
Fidel Castro was a member of the Ortodaro party, wanted to become the leader of Cuba, Didn't like the government since it was backed by America,was captured and wrote a speech, sentenced for 15 years and was paranoid the first 2. of July 26 of 1959 he overthrew the Cuban government, Castro promised democracy, but was a communist and took land away from American land owners. the Bay of Pigs was an attack by America against Cuba to try and spark a revolution, in the end, the U.S. was a major embarrassment for America
George F. Kennan "the father of containment" US policy to contain communism by using military, economic, and diplomatic strategy's, the Iron Curtain Speech was given by Winston Churchill... Marshal Plan was US plans for creating a better economy in western Europe, doing this by sending them billions of dollars. named after George Marshal. the Truman Doctrine was term used for cold war strategies, gave much support to Greece and Turkey, Domino Theory was the theory that if a country was taken over by communism, the surrounding countries would soon fall as well, main reason for containment plan.
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