The Truman Doctrine:

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In February 1947 Britain told the United States that they would no longer be able to provide military aide to Greece and Turkey. By Britain doing this, it left the option of a Soviet takeover of such weak and depleted governments. By Soviet control over Greece and Turkey the possibility of communism could spread as far as Iran and eventually into Central and Western Europe. The European economy and government was in shambles after World War II, which led them to look for a new form of government to ease the downfall. So as a result of British abandonment the United States’ President, Harry S. Truman, created the Truman Doctrine. This doctrine changed the way the Cold War would be fought over the next forty years. The Truman Doctrine was a realistic response to Soviet aggression by controlling and “containing” the spread of communism to other countries in economic and political need, which took effort to convince a cost-conscious Congress and an American public opinion that was not yet fully aware of the extended role that the United States was quickly assuming. The effects of the Doctrine also affected United States foreign policy with the Marshall Plan and influenced domestic policy by stamping out communism within the ranks of government officials, which began with Franklin Roosevelt’s “New Deal”.
Since the beginning of the Great Depression in America, workers became disgruntled at the fact that they had no jobs and money that was promised to them by the government was unavailable. In the throws of the failing economy, the American Communist Party was delighted that the capitalist society and beliefs of the American government were failing fast. “The Great Depression of the 1930’s caused some Americans to question the long-term viability of capitalism.”1 A temporary and short-lived solution to the depression was on its way with the election of Franklin Roosevelt and his “New Deal” policy.
The “New...