During the 1950's the U.S had a lot of fear that communism would spread throughout europe. They also had a huge fear that communism wouldn't just spread throughout europe but also the world. The U.S started to take action that would prevent the spread of communism. For starters they wanted to make sure that communism wouldn't spread in their own country. A theory known as McCarthyism was started. What happened through this process was the acusion of people in their country practicing communism. If anyone was accused of practising communism their professional life would be destroyed through blackmail. Often many innocent people would be affected. When Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected in 1952 he wanted to abolish communism worldwide. He promised to end the Korean war and became a doctrine to contain communism worldwide. He also developed organizations worldwide that helped prevent communism. The organizations included OAS, ANZUS, SEATO, and CENTO.
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