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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an international policy made by Harry Truman. It states the U.S would support Greece and Turkey, fincially and with military aid so they wouldn't fall under the control of the Soviet Union. This policy was put into action because the U.S feared the spread of Communism -
Marashall Plan
American program to aid Europe's economy. After WWII, Europes economy decline drastically which lead them in debt. America made these movements to prevent the spread of communism. Operation last four years. -
Berlin Airlift
Soviets places blockades on U.S sectors of Berlin to starve the citizens into supprting Soviets. In response, the U.S flew over food supplies and drop them into West Berlin. -
Korean War
A war between South Korea and North Korea which started because the division of the country and the differences in government agreements they had, South Korea is Communist and North Korea is democratic. The war ended because allied powers came to an unamious decision to keep the two countries, two different governemnts. -
Vietnam War
The war was between South Korea who was supported by the United States and an anti-communist government, against North Kora support by the China Reupublic and an anti-capitlist, communist country. The U.S joined South Korea because they feared communist would spread. The capture of Sagion was the end of the were where the south and north became reunited. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
An event that took place in the U.S civil rights movement. A black woman, Rosa Parks, refused to give up her bus seat to a white woman which led to her being arrested. A political and social campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. The movement lasted over a year,when the Browder v. Gayle case , took effect, and led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama laws requiring segregated buses were unconstituatio -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
An African American organiztion led by Martin Luther King Jr. This group was threaten by the White Citizen Counsil and the Ku Klux Klan because they started nonviolent protest with a mix of white and black Americans. It had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Bay of Pigs
Was an invasion in Cuba undertaken by Bridge 2506 where they tried to overthrow the dictator at the time Fidel Castro. The mission failed and the armed Cuban forces defeated Bridge 2506 within three days. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Americans sent U-2 spy planes that secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the Soviet Union in Cuba. After John Kennedy found out about the missiles he put up blockades and a ring of ships around Cuba so the Soviet's couldn't supply them with military supplies. The U.S and Soviet Union came to an agreement not to set of their nuclear weapons if the U.S promises not to invade Cuba. -
J.F.K assassination
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated at 12:30pm in Dealy Plaza, Dallas. He was shot in the back of the head in his car with his wife and governor. Lee Oswald Harvey was convicted of killing him. -
24th Amendment
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 Supreme Court case Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections decalred poll taxes as unconstitutional. -
Civil Rights Act of 1963-1964
A andmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States[1] that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women. -
Rally in Harlem
A protest led by Malcom X where it was six consecutive nights of riots. What was suppose to be a peaceful protest broke out into a crazy amount of violence. -
Voting Rights Act
Not to discriminate against any American and all legal Americans are allowed to vote.This outlawed literary test and is widely consider a landmark in civil-rights legislation.