US Foreign Policies

• What was the aim of the USA during the Cold War?

  To contain communism
• What did the Truman Doctrine announce in 1947?

  The US would support countries resisting communism
• How did the Truman Doctrine influence US foreign policy?

  It became the backbone of US foreign policy
• What is the Domino Theory?

  A political concept during the Cold War
• Why did U.S. policymakers believe in the Domino Theory?

  They feared communism would spread unchecked