Communism DBQ
World War II was nearly over with, but now the Cold War had started. The United States’ and Soviet Union’s greatest difference was communism, a belief that private property should be replaced by community ownership. The United States and the Soviet Union fought over communism and capitalism. Capitalism is a system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by a private owner for profits, rather than by the state. Containment was the idea of stopping the Soviet Union and communism from spreading. How did the U.S contain communism? The U.S contained communism by Berlin airlifts, supporting the non-communists Korean war, and the U.S quarantine of Cuba.
The U.S had contained communism by Berlin airlifts. “West Berlin is completely surrounded by communism and may have had to surrender if not for the U.S and its allies” (Document B). America and its allies had decided to help support the West Berliners by flying in supplies for more than 2 million people for nearly a year. …show more content…
May of 1962, the Soviets began shipping 40,000 troops, 60 missiles, and 158 nuclear warheads to communist Cuba ( Document D). On October 15, 1962, the US spy planes found evidence of medium range nuclear missile sites being installed in Cuba (Document D). On October 23rd, the US announced a quarantine against ships that carried offensive weapons to Cuba (Document D). The Soviet Union removed the missiles and avoided the crisis on October 28th. April 1963, the US agreed with the Soviets, to remove the missiles from Turkey (Document D). The United States stopped Cuba from spreading communism in Document D.
The U.S had contained communism by supporting the non-communists Korean war, the U.S quarantine of Cuba, and the U.S quarantine of Cuba. The United States had stopped the Soviet Union and other communist countries from spreading communism into non-communist