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Truman Doctrine
The beginning of Truman v. Communism where Truman promised that the US would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces, so that these countries wouldn't be overcome by communism. -
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Cold War
Cold War, the open yet restricted rivalry that lasted for decades and developed after World War II, between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies. -
Marshall Plan
Truman signed a four-year plan to reconstruct cities, industries and infrastructure heavily damaged during the war and to remove trade barriers between European neighbors—as well as foster commerce between those countries and the United States. -
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McCarthyism
Senator Joseph McCarthy alleged that numerous communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers had infiltrated the United States federal government, Central Intelligence Agency, and the atomic weapons industry. McCarthy played a big role in the fear of communism in the US. -
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Korean War
After five years of simmering tensions on the Korean peninsula, the Korean War began in 1950, when the Northern Korean Army invaded South Korea along the 38th parallel. After three years of a bloody and frustrating war, the United States, the People's Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea agree to an armistice, bringing the fighting of the Korean War to an end. -
Civil Rights Act
First proposed by President John F. Kennedy, it survived strong opposition from southern members of Congress and was then signed into law by Kennedy's successor, Lyndon B. Johnson. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as, race in hiring, promoting, and firing. -
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Vietnam War
Vietnam wanted independence from France and started to develop communist ways. President Eisenhower's fear of communism led to the US supporting the French and the non-communist side of Vietnam. The United States entered Vietnam with the principal purpose of preventing a communist takeover of the region.