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 =The "Domino Theory" = By:Tyler Weide ====The "Domino Theory" was a foreign policy in the 1950s to the 1980s.It speculated that if one country or region was taken over by communism then the following countries would soon follow in a domino effect. The "Domino Theory" was highly promoted by United States foreign policy Analysts.====



====The Domino Effect is best Represented by a row of dominos being knocked down so that one Domino hits another which causes that Domino to fall and hit the Domino in front of it so that it starts a chain reaction like the picture up top shows. The "Domino Theory" builds itself off of this Idea viewing countries as a vulnerable row of Domino's which could collaps if one is pushed into communism. The first mentoin of the "Domino Theory" during the cold war occured in a speech by Dweight D Eisenhower in 1954. Eisenhower used the "Domino Theory" to explain why an intervention in asia was nessecary because if not done it could lead the the spread of the "Iron Curtain" of communist control. the "Domino Theory" built itself on the fears about communism it did so by using the spread of communism after the cold war to sow how communism spreads to neighboring countries fast.====

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 * The "Domino Theory" was a view that many U.S. Politicions believed in during the cold war
 * The "Domino Theory" was a view that many U.S. Politicions believed in during the cold war
 * The "Domino Theory" is still used today by polititions to describe the
 * I believe that the "Domino Theory" is a good way to represent how powers

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