The cold war
The Cold War is in between the United States and The Soviet Union.
The Marshall Plan |
The Marshall Plan revived Europeans hope. For the next four years and 16 countries received some $13 billion in aid. By 1952, Western Europe was flourishing, and the Communist party had lost lots of its appeal to voters. (pg 606)
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KOREA - 38th Parallel |
Japan had annexed Korea in 1910 and ruled it until 1945 of August. World War II ended, Japanese troops north of the 38th Parallel surrendered to the Soviets. The Japanese troops south of the parallel surrendered to the Americans. As for Germany, two nations had developed one of them was communist and the other one was democratic. In 1948, the Republic was usually South Korea, and was established in the zone that had been occupied by the United States. Soon after WWII the United States cut back its armed forces in South Korea. Being a result, by June 1949 there were only 500 American troops there. They prepared back to North Korea with tanks, airplanes, and money to attempt to take over the entire peninsula.
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Bay of Pigs |
In March 1960, President Eisenhower gave the CIA permission to secretly train Cuba exiles for an invasion of Cuba. Kennedy learned of the plan nine days after his election. On the night of April 17, 1961 some Cuban exiles supported by the U.S. military. An air strike had failed to knock out the Cuban air force, even though the CIA reported it had succeeded. There was a small group that was sent to distract Castro's forces and never reached shore. Some of the exiles were killed and others were imprisoned. The disaster left Kennedy embarrassed. Communist expansion in the Western Hemisphere, Castro welcomed further Soviet aid.
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The GI Bill of Rights can also be known as Servicemen's Readjustment Act. That the legislation passed in 1944 that provided benefits to World War II veterans. In addition to encouraging veterans to get an education by paying part of their own tuition. The GI Bill guaranteed years worth of unemployment benefits while job hunting. Also offered low-interest, federally guaranteed loans. Millions of young families used their benefits to buy homes and farms or even to establish businesses.
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Harry S. Truman
Truman is the son of Missouri livestock trader and his wife, did not seem destined for greatness. When Truman graduated from high school in 1901, he was drifting from job to job. After WWII, Truman invested in a men's clothing store, but that business of his failed. His business discouraged himself, so Truman sought a career in politics. As a politician, his blunt and outspoken style won both loyal friends and bitter enemies. Being the president, his decisiveness and willingness to accept responsibility for his decisions earned respect that had grown over the years. (pg 603)
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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong was gained in the strength throughout the country. Areas they controlled were Communists worked to win peasant support. They encouraged peasants to learn how to read, and helped to improve food production. As a result, more and more recruits flocked to Communists Red Army. By 1945, northern China was under communist control. (pg 610)
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Dwight D. Einsenhower
David Dwight Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe; he had responsibility for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in Operation Torch in 1942–43 and the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45 from the Western Front. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO. He was the last U.S. President to have been born in the 19th century
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley brought rock n' roll into a frantic pitch of popularity among new affluent teens who bought their records. Elvis Presley the unofficial "King of Rock n' Roll" had first developed his musical style by singing in church and listening to gospel, country, and blues music on the radio in Memphis, Tennessee. As a young boy, his own mother gave him a guitar, and years after that he paid four dollars of his own money to be able to record two songs in 1953. Sam Phillips discovered Presley and sold his contract to RCA for $35,000.
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The Cold War made people famous, but didn't have the same rights as everybody. So after these problems they wanted everybody to have the same rights. Which leads us into the Civil Rights Movement.