How Did Truman Contain Communism

Harry Truman: Truman helped contain communism in the Cold War when he aided Greek and Turkish governments millions of American dollars to help their war efforts against the Soviet Union, who were trying to expand communism. He also passes the Truman Doctrine stated that the United States must support free peoples who are resisting outside pressures. This allowed the United states to help contain the communist ideas and also provided aid to countries being infiltrated by communist ideas.

Red China: Communists took control of China after WWII and thus Americans called it Red China as a means to identify it as a communist nation. China, however, did not want a communist rule so, during the Korean War, when it looked as though the U.N. would defeat

Communist North Korea, they joined the war effort. This was an effort made to contain communism as, while it did infiltrate their system they did not let it corrupt them and they pushed to get it out and contain it in a small region.
South Pacific: In the South Pacific the Japanese Empire had spread to its largest and thus had spread to the South Pacific Islands. The contribution to the containment of the South Pacific islands had on the effort was positive as the Japanese were a democracy and not a communists country.
Joe McCarthy: Joe Dimaggio was a senator from Wisconsin who was recognized for his work chairing the Senate Committee on Government Operations. The main focus was catching suspected communists in the government. He made an effort to contain communism as he would investigate and interrogate any suspects who might even remotely be a communist spy.
Richard Nixon: Richard Nixon was a member of the House of Representatives and during that time he became involved in a trial for Alger Hiss. Alger Hiss was accused of being a Communist and spy. Nixon presented evidence that helped probe Alger Hiss to be guilty. This helped with the American effort to contain communism as it took out a spy that could be spreading their ideas.
Television: Television was influential in the American effort to contain communism as it was easily able to spread information of the prevention plan. The technological advancement with television provided a means to inform the public of current events in the effort of containment as well as simply a means for entertainment.
North Korea: North Korea was a communist nation and was one of America's main focus in the containment of communism. As North Korea was in the stages of spreading communist ideas the American military was sent to help prevent the spread of communism to South Korea. North Korea had a positive impact on the American goal of containing communism as America and South Korea were able to create a border the communist ideas could not surpass
South Korea: South Korea was committed to not becoming a communist nation and fought against North Korea in the Cold War. South Korea had a positive impact on the American goal of containing communism as they stopped the spread at their border.
Rosenbergs: The Rosenbergs were a husband and wife duo who were arrested for selling secrets regarding the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union.

The Rosenbergs had a negative effect on the American effort to contain communism as they sold valuable information the gave America an edge in the war.

Hydrogen Bomb: The Hydrogen Bomb was developed in America and was more powerful than an atomic bomb and was able to detonate and effect a larger area and have more of an impact. The Hydrogen Bomb had a positive impact of the American effort to contain communism as it provided the American forces with an edge the not many others had.

Panmunjom: Panmunjom, Korea was where the negotiation between the United Nations and North Korea occurred that ultimately ended the Korean War. The negotiation a Panmunjom positively affected the war effort as it set a defensible boundary that ensured that communism would not spread.

Eisenhower: General Dwight Eisenhower was the president during the cold war and one of his sole purposes was to contain communism. Eisenhower had a positive impact on the American effort to contain communism as he set forth many plans that ensured that the United States was ahead, if not more advanced, in technology than the communist nations. A prime example of this was the Sputnik launch and the United States rapid

response.
Joseph Stalin: Joseph Stalin was the dictator of communist Soviet Union. He was an immensely harsh leader who used his political strength to spread communism to other nations. Stalin had a negative impact on the American effort to contain communism as his sole purpose and goal was to spread communist ideas to other nations and also take them over.
Malenkov: Georgy Malenkov was a Soviet Union politician and Communist Party leader who worked very closely with Joseph Stalin and briefly after his death became the USSR’s leader. As with Stalin, Malenkov also had a negative impact on the American effort to contain communism as his goal was to spread communist ideas to other nations and gain power.
Nasser: Gamal Abdel Nasser was the second President of Egypt and he was an opponent of communism and their ideas. Nasser held a positive effect on the American effort to contain communism as his beliefs on the containment aligned with the United States.
Communist Bloc: The communist bloc was the USSR and their conformant countries created a barrier. This held an indifferent impact on the American containment plan as the communist nations were all connected and strongly held together and not spreading. However, if the nations become too strong they can start to spread their communist ideas quickly.
Roy Cohn: Roy Cohn was an advisor for Joseph McCarthy during the Hearings on Communist in the movie industry and government. Roy Cohn held a positive impact on Americans movement to contain communism as he helped prevent communist individuals from taking part in influential parts of society.
Juan Peron: Juan Peron was a leader in Argentina who pursued social policies aimed at empowering the working class. Peron, however, confiscated many British and American-owned assets in Argentina. This would have a negative effect on America's movement to contain communism because they lost holdings in a country.
Einstein: Einstein was influential in America’s efforts to contain communism because of his warning to FDR to build the atomic bomb. Einstein signed a letter written to FDR urging him to build the atomic bomb and that ultimately led to the United States being the first to drop one and thus giving America an edge or advantage in the war.
Budapest: In Budapest, Hungary anti-communist riots took place and the Soviet Union troops had to put down the revolt that thus resulted in many arrests. The riots in Budapest, Hungary ultimately had a positive effect on the United States effort to contain communism as it proved that there were other nations that disliked the communist ideas.
Khrushchev: Nikita Khrushchev was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of dictator Joseph Stalin. Khrushchev ultimately advocated for reform and indirectly criticized Stalin and his methods. While Khrushchev believed communist ideas, this was still a positive movement for America’s movement to contain communism as Khrushchev was a more level headed leader.
Sputnik: Sputnik was the first satellite launched into space, however, this advancement was made by the Soviet Union. This advancement placed fear in many Americans because if the soviets can launch something into space then they could launch a missile to the United States mainland. While this advancement for the Soviet Union produced fear it also positively affected Americans plan for containment as their advancement pushed the USA to make advancements of their own that later would help the effort.
Chou En-Lai: Chou En-Lai was the Premier and Foreign Minister of Red China.

He was popular among his people and was a practical administrator for the “Great Leap Forward.” Chou En-Lai was a held a positive impact for America’s plan for containment of communism as he was largely responsible for the re-establishment of contacts with the West during Nixon’s presidency.

Space Monkey: The launch of monkeys into space help the advancement for the containment effort in that once a life form can survive the launch into space human life will be able to go up as well. This would help the containment effort because it would give the United States an advantage that the other nations did not have. This advancement could help the United States launch attacks and spy on warring countries from a secure vantage point.

U-2: Through the uses of a secret plane, U-2, flying above radar detection the United States was able to spy on the Soviet Union. This secret plane allowed the United States to take pictures and gather information. This was a great advantage for the United States, however, the Soviets detected the plane and shot it down. They, however, took the captain hostage and tried to force the Americans to admit they were spying. This did not work because America had a Soviet spy themselves so they made a trade. This was a slight advancement for America’s effort to contain communism because they were able to capture information and keep an eye on the Soviets

undetected.
Kennedy: When elected, John F. Kennedy and his vice president, Richard M. Nixon, promised to strengthen American military forces and also a tough stance against international communism. JFK’s administration had a strong tie to the Cold War and in his inaugural address, he stressed the contrast between the free world and the communist world. This would positively affect the effort to contain communism as it brought the American people together and united them under one cause, ending the war.
Berlin: The Soviet Union constructed the Berlin Wall, this wall divided the city into the Russian-controlled section and the area controlled by the United States, Britain, and France. This would be a negative effect on America’s containment plan because they would not have a strong idea as to what is happening on the other side of the wall thus making it more difficult to contain and control the spread of communist ideas.
Ho Chi-Minh: Ho Chi-Minh was the leader of the Communist North Vietnamese and he first fought the French but later fought the Americans. He, however, later established the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. This would be a positive for the containment effort because a once communist country was now becoming the Democratic Republic.
Russians in Afghanistan: Russians entered into Afghanistan to protect the communist ideas in the country. Throughout Afghanistan, however, there were rebels that supported the United States plan for containment and after a long and expensive war, the Soviet Union was forced to withdraw out of the country. This was a positive effort for the containment plan as it forced the soviet to lose holdings in a communist nation that will now no longer follow those ideas.