Question: how did the united states respond to the expansion of communism post ww2?
Answer: On May 12 March 1947, Truman announced that the USA would give support to any free peoples struggling to avoid communist takeover. This was the Truman Doctrine. ... He knew that the real reason for Marshalll Aid was to buy friendship for the USA. Between 1948 and 1952 the USA gave 13 billion dollars of aid to 16 countries.