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Soviet Union would become the world’s dominant power. 3. By 1948‚ most of the countries in Eastern Europe had been conquered by the Soviet Union. II. Containing Soviet Expansion A. The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan 1. In March of 1947‚ President Truman requested that the Congress help aid Greece and Turkey and that the U.S. would go against the spread of communism. His plan was to contain the Soviet’s communist outreach and to stop them from spreading their communist ideas. 2
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1. During the 1950s‚ why did the president Eisenhower use the “middle path”? What is McCarthyism and what are the impacts? Did McCarthyism influence the relationship between China and United States? Explain what is “middle path”;In American political culture‚ those who describe themselves as “middle of the road” are often portrayed as unwilling to take a stand or lacking in political sophistication. This was not the case with Eisenhower‚ whose “middle way” was the result of careful consideration
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The Decade of Fear was essentially caused by one man – Joseph McCarthy. When he served on the Senate from 1947-1957‚ he seemed to make it his personal mission to eradicate all traces of communism from the earth (or at least America). Right away‚ he went after Hollywood‚ black-listing anyone involved in the entertainment industry whom he thought might be linked with communists. The following year‚ he released a list to the public with the names of 154 organizations he believed to have communist affiliations
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Assessment Item Two: Minor Assignment Chosen Question: (1) Compare the two articles and comment on how the Cold War impacted upon African Americans during the 1950s. Historically‚ the treatment of African Americans was atrocious: unfair and dehumanising. Throughout the 1950s‚ this racial discrimination was noisily protested against and the recognition from governments allowed the African American voice to reach its zenith. The Cold War and the intense ideological disputes between the United
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"Increasingly fed by a moral and political hysteria‚ warlike values produce and endorse shared fears as the primary register of social relations." - Henry Giroux Where man has emotion that‚ along with conspiracies‚ that usually formulates within a collective population and has the potential to become mass panic‚ that in time becomes hysteria. With the occurrences of hysterias‚ individuals spasmodically act under the influence of propaganda‚ a figure of sorts‚ and various factors that may persuade
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The 1950’s were a time of fear and change which were felt by everyone. Changes like McCarthyism‚ censorship‚ automobiles and book burning influenced Ray Bradbury in the creation of Fahrenheit 451. Throughout the 1950’s American society was influenced by Joseph McCarthy and his plan to rid the country from communism. Around this time World War II had just ended and the United States was afraid that there were citizens that felt communism was acceptable. Communism is a political theory derived from
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These five documents all have the same goal and that is to articulate the basic beliefs and goals of the conservative movement. Some of the beliefs and goals of the conservative movement are as follows: lower taxes‚ smaller federal government‚ and anticommunism. These documents‚ all by different important leaders in the movement‚ address these beliefs. Influential people of the conservative movement included William F. Buckley Jr.‚ Russell Kirk‚ Barry Goldwater‚ Ronald Reagan‚ along with some other
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hurting the town. This is shown when he says “God is dead.” (Miller). Ignorance is shown when Mary Warren says “I am an official of the court and it is weighty work we do‚ Mr. Proctor.” (Miller). A Red Scare example could be McCarthy’s impact on the US 1954 Gallup Poll data (Gallup). People made mindless executions due to a lack of knowledge. The people in The Crucible and Red Scare had their freedom taken away due to fear. In The Crucible the girls who danced in the woods were accused of witch
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