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Primary Source Document #1:
The Truman Doctrine (excerpted) - March 14th 1947
. . . The gravity of the situation which confronts the world today necessitates my appearance before a joint session of the Congress. The foreign policy and the national security of this country are involved.
The United States has received from the Greek Government an urgent appeal for financial and economic assistance to support their fight against communism. Preliminary reports from the American Economic Mission now in Greece and reports from the American Ambassador in Greece corroborate the statement of the Greek Government that assistance is imperative if Greece is to survive as a free nation.
Greece is not a rich country. Lack of sufficient natural resources has always forced the Greek people to work hard to make both ends meet. Since 1940, this industrious and peace loving country has suffered invasion, four years of cruel enemy occupation, and bitter internal strife. When forces of liberation entered Greece they found that the retreating Germans had destroyed virtually all the railways, roads, port facilities, communications, and merchant marine. More than a thousand villages had been burned. Eighty-five per cent of the children were tubercular. Livestock, poultry, and draft animals had almost disappeared. Inflation had wiped out practically all savings.
As a result of these tragic conditions, a militant minority, exploiting human want and misery, was able to create political chaos which, until now, has made economic recovery impossible. . . Greece must have help to import the military goods necessary to restore internal order and security, so essential for economic and political recovery.
The very existence of the Greek state is today threatened by the terrorist activities of several thousand armed men, led by Communists, who defy the government's authority at a number of points, particularly along the northern boundaries. . . . Meanwhile, the Greek Government is unable to cope with the situation. The Greek army is small and poorly equipped. It needs supplies and equipment if it is to restore the authority of the government throughout Greek territory. Greece must have financial and military assistance if it is to become a self-supporting and self-respecting democracy.
At the present moment in world history nearly every nation must choose between alternative ways of life. One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by free institutions, representative government, free elections, guarantees of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression. The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority. It relies upon terror and oppression, a controlled press and radio; fixed elections, and the suppression of personal freedoms. I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities.
The United States must supply that assistance. We have already extended to Greece certain types of relief and economic aid but these are inadequate. There is no other country to which democratic Greece can turn. No other nation is willing and able to provide the necessary support for a democratic Greek government. . . .
. . . It is of the utmost importance that we supervise the use of any funds made available to Greece; in such a manner that each dollar spent will count toward making Greece self-supporting, and will help to build an economy in which a healthy democracy can flourish. . . .

Primary Source Document #2: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/speech-on-the-truman-doctrine/

In two paragraphs, analyze the cartoon below and explain who would agree with the political cartoon below - Henry Wallace or President Truman?
In one paragraph analyze the cartoon: ( https://www.granger.com/results.asp?image=0034161 )
What is the main idea of this political cartoon?
What is one symbol the cartoonist uses to convey his main idea?
Cite evidence from the cartoon to support your claims.

In a second paragraph, explain who you think would agree with the cartoon:
Based on the two primary sources above, who would be more likely to agree with the main idea of this political cartoon - Henry Wallace or President Truman? Why?
Use evidence from at least one of the primary source documents above to support your claims