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The fоllоwing is frоm President Trumаn’s Mаrch 12, 1947 аddress before a joint session of congress. The “Truman Doctrine” directed the United States to actively support anti-communist forces around the world. "To ensure the peaceful development of nations, the United States has taken a leading part in establishing the United Nations, The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members. We shall not realize our objectives, however, unless we are willing to help free peoples to maintain their free institutions and their national integrity against aggressive movements that seek to impose upon them totalitarian regimes. One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by free institutions, representative government, free elections, guarantees of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression. The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority. It relies upon terror and oppression, a controlled press and radio; fixed elections, and the suppression of personal freedoms. I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures...The free peoples of the world look to us for support in maintaining their freedoms."____________________________________________ After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union began a decades-long struggle for supremacy known as the Cold War. The two superpowers continually antagonized each other through military coalitions, espionage, propaganda, arms buildups, economic aid, and proxy wars between other nations. By 1947, the United States adopted a policy of containment to restrict Soviet global power. The Truman Doctrine (1947) pledged aid to governments threatened by communist subversion. The Marshall Plan (1947) provided billions of dollars in economic assistance to eliminate the political instability that could open the way for communist takeovers of democratically elected governments. In 1949, the United States joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the first mutual security and military alliance in American history. The policy of containment led to the “domino theory,” which stated that if one country fell to Communism, surrounding countries were likely to fall as well. This policy ultimately pushed the United States to enter into wars in Korea, Vietnam, and other Cold War conflicts. QUESTIONS: 1. According to the reading, what were the goals of the Truman Doctrine? 2. What international conditions fueled the Cold War conflict? Your answer must be in your own words and must be supported by specific information from the reading. Your answer must be a minimum of 75 words.