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Truman Doctrine
This was president Trumans policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism. For example it helped support Greece and Turkey as they were effected by these ideologies. He argued that if Greece and Turkey did not receive the aid that they needed, they would fall to communism with many consequences throughout the region -
Marshall Plan
This was the American program to aid Europe, where the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies. They did this after the end of World War II to prevent the spread of Soviet Communism. They believed that communism would take control of the area if they did not act. -
Berlin Airlift
The United States was denied access by road to Berlin and was not able to supply the people with necessary living items. This forced them to fly over Berlin and drop these goods over the city with paracheutes from the plane. After doing this the United States embarrassed the Soviet Union and was granted access back into Berlin by road. -
Korean War
This war was between North and South Korea. The dispute was over political beliefs and ideas. American administrators divided the country along the 38th parallel, with U.S. military forces occupying the southern half and Soviet military forces occupying the northern half. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on a public bus of Montgomery, Alabama. The campaign lasted from December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person, to December 20, 1956. When a federal rulingtook effect it led to a Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitututional. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Accomplishment
A major accomplishment of Martin Luther was the institution of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), an American civil rights organization in 1957. The organization aimed at supporting the philosophy of non-violence. It was led by King as the President along with Ralph Abernathy and other activists. -
24th Amendment
This prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27, 1962, and was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964. Poll taxes appeared in southern states after Reconstruction in order to prevent African Americans from voting and had been held to be constitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States in the 1937. -
Civil Rights Act of 1963-1964
This outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women.It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools. And also at the workplace and by facilities that were open to the general public.
