President Harry Truman was the first American president to fight the Cold War. He used several policies‚ however the most famous was the Truman Doctrine. This plan would give money and military aid to countries threatened by communism. The Truman Doctrine stopped communists from taking control of Greece and Turkey. Similarly‚ the Marshal Plan strengthened the economies and governments of countries in Western Europe. In a declaration before Congress in 1947‚ President Harry Truman agreed and said:
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After World War II‚ America became a world power and aimed to use that power to promote and protect freedom‚ democracy‚ and justice around the world. The United States used its power to rebuild the countries around them that had been harmed during the Cold War. America’s dedication to proving its use of being a world power was successful in protecting and promoting freedom‚ democracy‚ and justice by creating acts such as The Civil Rights Movement‚ which involved the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ The Marshall
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Pearl Harbor. The incident occurred on the morning of December 7‚ 1941 but the tension and actions that would lead to this conflict had begun long before that in the 1930s. “During the 1930s a combination of the Great Depression and loses during World War 1 led America to take more of an isolationist approach when it dealt with foreign affairs” (History.Gov). They advocated non-involvement in European and Asian conflicts and non-entanglement in international politics. The united was so serious about
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World War II ended September second in 1945 and about two years later in 1947 the Cold War started in which many things came to be. Some of those things can be considered advanced‚ while others can be considered bad and slowed down the development of the global world. The cold war brought political and military tension between powers within the West and powers within the East. The Cold War created new technologies like aircrafts and wind tunnels‚ the spread of diseases‚ fighting and terrorism within
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Causes of War War is an openly declared state of organized conflict‚ most often characterized by extreme aggression‚ societal disruption‚ and high mortality. As a sinful world‚ warlike tendencies are found in all species. The set of techniques used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare. When there is an absence of war‚ it is called peace. War generally involves two or more organized groups or parties (often‚ nations). Such a conflict is always an attempt at altering either the
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Following the end of World War II in 1945‚ the United States economy began to prosper. However‚ the end of the war brought on another kind of war‚ the Cold War. With suspicion and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ the United States began to conduct research on alternate means to protect the national interest through an improved interrogation processes. One of these highly classified programs was known as “Project: MKULTRA.” According to Dr. Horowitz (2001)‚ the basis for MKULTRA
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The Cold War developed slowly between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ as both nations were fighting for control of the postwar world. This cold war was a war of words with lots of tension. These two nations were on the same side during the war but after the war they began to grow apart and not trust each other. The United States and the Soviet Union had different beliefs as to where the world should go in terms of government and economics. This caused big problems for the two nations. These
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In the first few chapters of the story In Cold Blood‚ by Truman Capote‚ Capote uses copious descriptive phrases to draw the reader into his story. Capote paints the setting of the novel perfectly with his descriptions. The illustration of the midwest‚ using imagery‚ brings the reader to feel as if they actually lived in Kansas in the late 1950’s. Capote’s use of diction creates a suspenseful‚ contradictory mood. These two rhetorical devices create contradiction‚ leading the reader in two directions
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Pulitzer Prize winner and famous playwright‚ Truman Capote‚ in his True Crime Thriller‚ In Cold Blood‚ leads his audience through a story about the gruesome small Kansas town Clutter family murders. Capote’s purpose is to show us the perspective and thoughts of the persons involved in the crime. Capote adopts a grim and dark tone to convey to readers how mental illness is a bigger problem and how it can affect more than just one individual. Throughout the novel‚ we see the events after and during
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rivalry formed between the two and created the Cold War in which both nations tried to be better in any way than the other. This had great effects on the American Society and Foreign Policy. American Society was changed significantly due to the Cold War. New ways of life developed and many fears from the Cold War changed daily life. One way American society was changed socially was people were in constant fear of a nuclear war. They afraid of a nuclear war with Russia so they went out of there way
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