Cold war communism The intense rivalry Throughout the cold

between the two war lots of people

superpowers raised feared communism.
concerns in the
United States that
Communists and
leftist
sympathizers
inside America
might actively work
as Soviet spies and
pose a threat to
U.S. security.

Truman doctrine the principle that the The Truman doctrine

1947 US should give was seen by the
support to countries or Communists as an
peoples threatened by open declaration of
Soviet forces or the Cold War.
Communist
insurrection.

Marshall Plan 1947 The Marshall Plan The Marshall plan

was a U.S.- was formally called
sponsored program the European
designed to Recovery Program.
rehabilitate the
economies of 17
western and
southern European
countries in order
to create stable
conditions in which
democratic
institutions could
survive in the
aftermath of World
War II.

NATO NATO stands for NATO is an alliance of

North Atlantic countries from Europe
Treaty and North America.
Organization. It
was formed in 1949
to provide collective
 security against the
threat posed by the
Soviet Union

SEATO The purpose of the

organization was to In September of
prevent 1954, the United
communism from States, France,
gaining ground in Great Britain, New
the region. Zealand, Australia,
the Philippines,
Thailand and
Pakistan formed
the Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization,
or SEATO.