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Unit 9: The Cold War

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.