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-Truman Doctrine
-Implemented after GB decided to pull out of Greece
-He pledged 400 million to Turkey and Greece to prevent the expansion of Communism
-Marshall Plan :Wanted to provide aid money to rebuild western Europe. 16 countries applied for it and they all received it except Czechoslovakia. They became communist in 1948. The idea was to "win over" the other countries.
-Implemented after GB decided to pull out of Greece
-He pledged 400 million to Turkey and Greece to prevent the expansion of Communism
-Marshall Plan :Wanted to provide aid money to rebuild western Europe. 16 countries applied for it and they all received it except Czechoslovakia. They became communist in 1948. The idea was to "win over" the other countries.
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President Truman made a speech implying his ways on how to stop the spread of Communism, known as The Truman Doctrine. The Marshall Plan was invented in 1947, and consisting of 16 nations to aid rebuild western Europe; as a result, helped limit expansion of communism.