A Bi-Polar World: Domino Theory, Containment,
*Two superpowers dominate world affairs after WWII
*Soviet Union = Communist system and her sate little states she retained after invasion of Europe
*USA and her allied westerns Capitalist nations
*Ideological war
*Satelitte states- countries occupied by the soviet union and forced to be controlled by communist parties
Domino theory, Conatinment
* Cold ear was a fight for power and influence on a global scale
*Americans adopted a policy of containing communism and not allowing it to spread to neighbouring countries
*Felt that if one country turned communist all the rest nearby would also turn
*Americans Felt No New Communist Parties- fear that if communism spread that it might reach the american and would turn the USA into a communist party
*Truman Doctrine 2 parts:
- Political side
- Marshall plan - Economic - buys them from turing communist
*This is called the Domino theory
*Countries that have been turned communist and acted as puppets to the Soviets were called Satellite States
*Most of the countries of Eastern Europe were satellite states behind the "Iron Curtain"
*Soviet Union = Communist system and her sate little states she retained after invasion of Europe
*USA and her allied westerns Capitalist nations
*Ideological war
*Satelitte states- countries occupied by the soviet union and forced to be controlled by communist parties
Domino theory, Conatinment
* Cold ear was a fight for power and influence on a global scale
*Americans adopted a policy of containing communism and not allowing it to spread to neighbouring countries
*Felt that if one country turned communist all the rest nearby would also turn
*Americans Felt No New Communist Parties- fear that if communism spread that it might reach the american and would turn the USA into a communist party
*Truman Doctrine 2 parts:
- Political side
- Marshall plan - Economic - buys them from turing communist
*This is called the Domino theory
*Countries that have been turned communist and acted as puppets to the Soviets were called Satellite States
*Most of the countries of Eastern Europe were satellite states behind the "Iron Curtain"
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Summary
The domino would be a big factor throughout the cold war because everyone was so worried about it actually taking place. The Iron curtain which was an imaginary term made to describe the difference between the communist and democratic countries.