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Truman's speech had a tremendous effect.

The anti-communist feelings that had just begun to hatch in the U. S. were given a great boost, and a silenced Congress voted overwhelmingly in approval of aid.

The United States would not withdraw back to the Western Hemisphere as it had after World War I.

From then on, the U. S. actively engaged any communist threats anywhere in the globe under the ostensible causes of " freedom ", " democracy " and " human rights.

" The U. S. brandished its role as the leader of the " free world.

" Meanwhile, the Soviet Union brandished its position as the leader of the " progressive " and " anti-imperialist " camp.