4.16.19 Unit 9: The Cold War
The Truman Doctrine In a dramatic speech to a joint session of Congress, President Truman asked for U.S. assistance for Greece & Turkey to forestall communist domination of the two nations.
The Truman Doctrine In a dramatic speech to a joint session of Congress, President Truman asked for U.S. assistance for Greece & Turkey to forestall communist domination of the two nations. The Truman Doctrine was a de facto declaration of the Cold War: the US needed to provide military & economic assistance to protect nations from communist aggression.
The Truman Doctrine At the top of your reading you’ll see a few questions. --Read the speech first-- Then answer these questions in your notebook. For #3: Write down 2 examples instead of underlining.