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=__**Truman Doctrine**__=

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Truman announced the idea for the Truman Doctrine on March 12, 1947. In this program he asked for 400,000,000 dollars. In his speech he pledged American support for, "Free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressure,". When President Truman announced the program he was saying that we would provide military, political and economic help to all the countries who were threaten or had been threated by communist countries.

__**Formation**__
The Truman Doctrine was proposed to Congress on March 12, 1947. Truman announced it with a speech. It made it to try and stop the spread of communism and help the war torn countries. He said to stop offering assistance to Greece against the Greek Communist Party in their civil war, but to help Greece and Turkey against the communists. The US government was afraid that the communists would get a hold of Greece and have even more territory in Europe.

__**The Good things and the Bad things**__
These are the things that mad some people become angry with President Truman or it caused them to really like President Truman and supported him in every aspect. The bad things are very serious and have life altering effects and they can war ravage a country very easily. The bomb was the worst thing about the Truman Doctrine because it killed innocent lives and it war ravaged a country. But the good things are very positive. The Truman Doctrine helped Greece and Turkey recover and stay away from the communist countries that wanted control of them. The good and bad things are serious but the good things are positive.

__Good Things__
The goods things about the Truman Doctrine was that it stopped a war that didn't need to keep going because it would just cause more death and destruction in the world. The Truman Doctrine also ended tripartism in the world. It also helped the countries that are war ravaged and give them aid to help there countries become strong again. NATO also became in effect after the Truman Doctrine.

**__Bad Things__**
There are only a few bad things about the Truman doctrine but they are very major. The dropping of the bombs killed many innocent people who didnt need to die. The Truman Doctrine was also bad because it didn't let countries become more independent because they are receiving help from a bigger country. They don't have that much pride because a bigger and better country is helping them become better. Although helping Greece and Turkey was good it also had its downfall.

__The End of Communism__
The Truman Doctrine helped many countries that were on the brink of falling into the abyss that is communism. The Truman Doctrine was their lifeline to try and stop communism in those countries. The Truman Doctrine ended because the countries that were under threat were no longer under threat from the Soviet Union. It helped these countries became whole again and be greater than before. Even though some countries are still communist most are not, and thats what we aimed for with this doctrine. We wanted to help those who couldnt help themselves fight against communism. The Truman Doctrine was very helpful in ending communism

__**References**__
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1780.html The Truman Doctrine

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/trudoc.asp The Truman Doctrine

http://www.hbci.com/~tgort/truman.htm The Truman Doctrine