Truman's Plan Of Containment During The Cold War
The Cold War started after WW2. Harry S. Truman showed off all of his nuclear
weapons and all of the weapons that were amazing at the time. Stalin was offended and
sent in spies to steal the American’s ideas. After that happened, Stalin made his own
weapons. Stalin wanted to be better so he was making twice the power and amount of
nuclear bombs. Harry didn’t really like Stalin because of Stalin’s Communist ideas and
Truman wanted to contain communism but Stalin wasn't going to let that happen.
This was known as the atomic age. In 1950, a National Security Council Report
Known as NSC-68 . Truman’s plan of containment was failing because the USSR was
spreading communist ideas around the world. So, American officials went and …show more content…
Also began the arms race. In
1949, the Soviets tested an atomic bomb that they made. After Truman heard the news,
he planned to make the hydrogen bomb, also known as the super bomb. After that,
people started to be afraid of the cold war. In fear of starting a war on the USSR, people
thought it could end the world because both of these countries were very powerful and
had a lot weapons. People were scared because both of them owned very destructive
nukes. Also, many people thought that just hiding underground won’t help. The stakes
of the cold war were extremely high. The first Hbomb showed how scary it would be if
the U.S. and the USSR got into war against each other. The Hbomb was so strong …show more content…
People would build bomb shelters in their backyards, schools would practice
attack drills and other public places would do the same . In the 50s and 60s , there
would be movies of the U.S. and the USSR going to war and having nuclear attacks.
These made Americans very worried on their everyday lives.
Space exploration would also be a very important and dramatic event for both
countries. On October, 4, 1957, a Soviet R-7 missile launched Sputnik, it would be the
world’s first aircraft to be in space and would also be the first satellite in space and the
first man made object to orbit earth. Many Americans were unhappy with it, the U.S. has
always seen the first ones to be the first ones to make things stronger. Now in the space
race, the Soviets were beating the The U.S. badly. In 1958, the U.S. launched its first
satellite, Explorer 1, designed by the army under the direction of Wernher von Braun
and it was now considered a space race, that same year, President Dwight D
Eisenhower signed a public order creating NASA, a federal agency dedicated to space
exploration. Still, the Soviets were always one step ahead, launching the first man
weapons and all of the weapons that were amazing at the time. Stalin was offended and
sent in spies to steal the American’s ideas. After that happened, Stalin made his own
weapons. Stalin wanted to be better so he was making twice the power and amount of
nuclear bombs. Harry didn’t really like Stalin because of Stalin’s Communist ideas and
Truman wanted to contain communism but Stalin wasn't going to let that happen.
This was known as the atomic age. In 1950, a National Security Council Report
Known as NSC-68 . Truman’s plan of containment was failing because the USSR was
spreading communist ideas around the world. So, American officials went and …show more content…
Also began the arms race. In
1949, the Soviets tested an atomic bomb that they made. After Truman heard the news,
he planned to make the hydrogen bomb, also known as the super bomb. After that,
people started to be afraid of the cold war. In fear of starting a war on the USSR, people
thought it could end the world because both of these countries were very powerful and
had a lot weapons. People were scared because both of them owned very destructive
nukes. Also, many people thought that just hiding underground won’t help. The stakes
of the cold war were extremely high. The first Hbomb showed how scary it would be if
the U.S. and the USSR got into war against each other. The Hbomb was so strong …show more content…
People would build bomb shelters in their backyards, schools would practice
attack drills and other public places would do the same . In the 50s and 60s , there
would be movies of the U.S. and the USSR going to war and having nuclear attacks.
These made Americans very worried on their everyday lives.
Space exploration would also be a very important and dramatic event for both
countries. On October, 4, 1957, a Soviet R-7 missile launched Sputnik, it would be the
world’s first aircraft to be in space and would also be the first satellite in space and the
first man made object to orbit earth. Many Americans were unhappy with it, the U.S. has
always seen the first ones to be the first ones to make things stronger. Now in the space
race, the Soviets were beating the The U.S. badly. In 1958, the U.S. launched its first
satellite, Explorer 1, designed by the army under the direction of Wernher von Braun
and it was now considered a space race, that same year, President Dwight D
Eisenhower signed a public order creating NASA, a federal agency dedicated to space
exploration. Still, the Soviets were always one step ahead, launching the first man