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Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was first announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947 and further developed on July 12, 1948 when he pledged to contain threats to Greece and Turkey. -
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion (nearly $110 billion in 2016 US dollars) in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II. -
Brown vs. the board
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional -
Soviets in space
In all of the fields that the U.S and Russia battled over, Russia had dominated in one are: Space. They launched sputnik into space which caused the U.S to try and compete even more. -
Kennedy assasination
Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Daley Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. President Kennedy in the Rice Hotel, Houston, Texas. After this, Johnson took over as president. -
Stonewall
Stonewall was the breaking point for those within the LGBT community. hey were fed up and decided to fight back for their rights.
