American History 6/20/2003

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American History 6/20/2003

• Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan
• Korean War
• Vietnam War
• Bob Dylan
• Born on the Fourth of July

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Truman Doctrine

• President Truman said in 1947,
• I believed that it must be the policy of the
  U.S. to support free peoples who are resisting
  subjugation by armed minorities or by outside
  pressures.

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• The United States helped Greece and Turkey to
  resist communism.

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containment

• This idea was articulated by George F. Kennan.
• Containment means that the U.S. government
  exercises power to counter Soviet pressure
  (communism) whenever it develops.

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Marshall Plan

• In 1947 the U.S. sent more than 12 billion to
  Europe.
• The U.S. government set up a Displaced Persons
  Plan under which some 300,000 Europeans
  (including many Jews) were granted American
  citizenship.

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Korean War (1950-1953)

• South Korea vs. North Korea
• The U.S. China
• (Soviet Union)
• Over 2 million Koreans were killed.

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The Vietnam War

• 1950 Truman granted military aid to France for
  its war against communist revels in Indochina.
• 1955 The Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) was
  proclaimed with the support of the U.S.

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• 1970 A protest against the war took place at
  Kent State University in Ohio. 4 students were
  killed by national guards
• 1973 The last American ground troops left Vietnam.

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• 1974 Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces overran
  south Vietnam.
• 1974 President Ford called the war finished.

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Bob Dylan

• With God on Our Side
• - a protest song
• Hurricane
• - a song for a black boxer who was mistakenly
  put into a prison for over 10 years.

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Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

• Directed by Oliver Stone
• Film adaptation of Ron Kovics biography
• Tom Cruise as Ron Kovic