1940s and 1950s although there are many disputes on the “ birthplace”. 1951‚ in Memphis‚ TN at the Sun Studio‚ Rocket 88” by Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats was recorded‚ which some say was the first rock and roll song. Of course several other cites have made this claim‚ including Wildwood‚ N.J.‚ where Bill Haley and His Comets performed the first song with “rock” in the title (“Rock Around the Clock”)in 1954; Ohio‚ home of the rock and roll hall of fame and Alan Freed who is commonly referred
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George Kennan‚ a foreign policy diplomat‚ revealed how the only way to stop the Soviet Union’s policy of Communism remains through containment. The United States desired to contain communism due to the animosity towards the communistic ideals. Communism served as a threat to the ideals of the Americans such as the desire for freedom‚ success and social mobility. By viewing communism as a threat‚ the second red scare emerged which also lead to the birth of McCarthyism. Internally and externally‚ America
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Geography of the Cold War: What Was Containment? It was a glorious meeting. On April 25‚ 1945‚ at the Elbe River in Germany‚ two powerful armies met. Coming from opposite ends of Europe‚ the Americans and Russians had cut Hitler’s Germany in two. Now at the Elbe‚ soldiers from the Red Army of the Soviet Union reached out their hands to their American counterparts. It was a time for great happiness. World War II‚ the deadliest war in all of human history‚ was nearly over. Unfortunately
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Containment as U.S. policy during Cold War Era From after World War II and up until 1991 the foreign policy of the United States was based on Cold War ideology and the policy of containment; to prevent nations from leaning towards Soviet Union-based communism‚ as first laid out by George Kennan and later used as one of the key principles in the Truman Doctrine (LeCain). As this essay will argue‚ because of this policy the United States made a commitment to fight communism everywhere in the world
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communism was a better political system because it transformed their economy and status in the world from nothing but a declining empire to a super power once again. The Cold War was a long series of events in which the communist tried to spread their ideas of government and socialist economy‚ known as expansionism‚ and the United States and some of the other Western powers such as Great Britain tried to contain it. Containment‚ a term introduced by George F. Kennan‚ was the foreign policy the United
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United States created the Containment Policy. This US Policy was put into effect as response to a series of moves by the Soviet Union to expand and spread throughout Eastern Europe‚ China‚ Korea and Vietnam. The doctrine was written by George F. Kennan an American diplomat‚ in the year 1946. The idea was that if superpower Soviet Union can be contained‚ Soviet troops would be forced to push back in effort to update their priorities. Four “tools” made the Containment Policy strong enough to prevail
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so deadly‚ in history. New weapons and methods of war were used such as the tank‚ the submarine‚ machine guns‚ and trench warfare. All of the countries involved were hurt and the United States realized that it wanted to go back to its isolationist policies that George Washington had suggested in his farewell address. Woodrow Wilson’s idea to make a “league of nations” failed within his own country because the United States did not want to join it. “The League strikes a deadly blow at our constitutional
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During the Cold War‚ America’s basic policy was that of "containment" of the Soviet Union. The policy of containment was based upon several principles. First‚ the Soviet Union wanted to spread socialism to all areas of the world. However‚ it was felt that the leadership of the Soviet Union felt no particular rush to accomplish their goal. "The Kremlin is under no ideological compulsion to accomplish its purposes in a hurry. Like the Church‚ it is dealing in ideological concepts which are of
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The Decade of the 1940s Nickenha Ashley History of Psychology Dr. Specht November 20th‚ 2013 The 1940s was a great period of well-known events in history. One of the most important events of the decade was World War II‚ which basically ruled the 1940s. World War II started on September 1‚ 1939 beginning with the German invasion of Poland; and Britain and France declaring war on German two days later. It was the most costly and destructive war in history and its effects‚ for good and
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America primed itself for battle as it would launch into war at the first instance that victory seemed to be the German’s possession. As of 1940 the situation improved little. Even though war production in Britain increased‚ the nation still faltered in preparation and presented a bleak prospect to American observers. England’s loss and the collapse of
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