Part 2: Write an Article
2. Choose one topic in your outline—the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the Berlin Airlift, or the Korean War—and decide whether or not the events related to that topic reflected or did not reflect the U. S. policy of containment.
Write an article explaining how the topic did or did not reflect the U. S. policy of containment. The first sentence of the first paragraph will be your thesis statement and should identify the topic and state whether or not the events related to it reflected or did not reflect the U. S. policy of containment. For example: The U. S. response to the devastation of Western Europe in the Marshall Plan can/cannot be considered part of the U. S. policy of containment.
Use your completed outline from Part 1 of this Graded Assignment as a resource for your essay.
Your article should:
• Paraphrase your thesis statement.
• Provide some background information about the topic you chose.
• Describe the policy of containing communism adopted by the United States after World War II.
• Describe the reasons for the policy and explain how the United States intended to enforce this policy.
• Explain why events related to your topic could be considered, or not considered, part of the U. S. policy of containment.