https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7 en-us 2021-03-10 18:56:07 UTC 2025-11-02 00:42:15 UTC hello@padlet.com 21023191_2 https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294666297 2021-03-10 18:57:31 UTC https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294666297 21023191_2 https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294794950 The Truman Doctrine was instrumental in expressing the attitudes of the United States. The Doctrine stated that the United States would provide aid to other democratic nations under threat from authoritarian forces, namely Communist forces.]]> 2021-03-10 19:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294794950 21023191_2 https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294796166 The Marshall Plan was the United State's plan to help rebuild Western Europe. US capital would be used to fuel recovery plans for Europe, connected to the Truman Doctrine of assisting Democratic forces.]]> 2021-03-10 19:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294796166 21023191_2 https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294806243 Eisenhower was then elected president and he was instrumental in creating an end to the Korean war. He also helped create the idea of a Domino Effect which was the ideology with how war was waged in Asia from then on. The United States decided to fight conflicts because if one country in a region fell to communism, then the others would follow suit.]]> 2021-03-10 19:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294806243 21023191_2 https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294811388 The Cold War started to come into fruition during the Potsdam Conference where the leaders of the USSR, the US, and Great Britain devised a plan on how to deal with Germany. Truman informed Stalin about his nuclear testing, increasing tensions. This was the beginning of the divide.]]> 2021-03-10 19:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294811388 21023191_2 https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294813124 Korea was divided at the 38th parallel, with the North becoming Communist and the South becoming Democratic. War was then waged at the 38th parallel when the communist North invaded the South.]]> 2021-03-10 19:27:23 UTC https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294813124 21023191_2 https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294814306 The Berlin wall was a physical reminder of the divided Germany. The USSR created the wall to stop citizens from leaving Eastern Berlin. The United States assisted the Democratic Western Berlin just like the Truman Doctrine dictated. The wall fueled tensions between the US and the USSR.]]> 2021-03-10 19:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294814306 21023191_2 https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294815596 These were the military alliances formed between Western and Eastern Europe. These alliances were formed shortly after the Potsdam Conference, and helped to show the differences between the USSR and the US.]]> 2021-03-10 19:27:54 UTC https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294815596 21023191_2 https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294820469 After WW2, Korea was left without a government and without leadership. This was where the United States and the USSR got involved, as both countries wanted a piece of Korea. ]]> 2021-03-10 19:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294820469 21023191_2 https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294822637 The threat from MacArthur inspired the Chinese to get into the war because they were also communist. They pushed the fight back to the 38th parallel and for years soldiers fought at the divide.]]> 2021-03-10 19:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294822637 21023191_2 https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294844330 MacArthur was appointed as leader of the US army. Within a year, troops pushed Communist forces almost all the way to the border between North Korea and China. MacArthur then threatened nuclear force and was promply fired.]]> 2021-03-10 19:33:45 UTC https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294844330 21023191_2 https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294848911 Eisenhower decided to try to stop conflict in Korean which helped create the Korean Armistice Agreement. This agreement ended all hostility until a final peaceful settlement was decided. It never actually ended the war though, but it did mean that the United States could stop pouring resources into Korea.]]> 2021-03-10 19:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294848911 21023191_2 https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294921022 This was a top secret document that outlined the plan for dealing with the USSR, and it concerned the militarization of the United States. The report was the game plan for Truman on how to approach the threat of the USSR, specifically by expanding the military budget.]]> 2021-03-10 19:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/21023191_2/kzqd4vovoqzzcoy7/wish/1294921022