US containment policies (Latin America, Europe and Middle East)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 1947 | Truman doctrine Marshal plan Keenan telegram |
| US IN IRAN | • Freely elected leader nationalizes oil fields • British and US companies owns oil wells • British stops buying Iranian oil • US fears Iran will go to USSR for help • CIA pays supporters of relative of royal family of Iran |
| Guatemala when and what did the US do? | (1954) • Guat gets freely elected leader who takes land from rich land owners and American company land owners and he nationalizes farms • He encourages labor unions • Too socialist for US so CIA trains army to take over there and it works |
| Bay of pigs - when and what was it | 1962 - Bay of Pigs and cuban exiles using kennedys help |
| Result of Eisenhower in Guatemala 1954 | • Strong anti-American backlash - Nixon stoned Venezuela • US puppet dictator assassinated |
| Eisenhower doctrine | Eisenhower Doctrine: US will defend the Middle East against an attack by any communist country. |
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