The period between 1945 and 1974 was a period of division of groups and countries while there were also protests of issues in the United States. Blacks wanted the Civil Rights they deserved, desegregating public places where they could have the same rights as whites. The world war altered the balance of powers in Europe, causing social and political alliances between different countries. The Wartime alliance, Soviet Union tried to take over Western Europe to establish a new regime in East Germany. President Truman created the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which laid the foundations for foreign policy with European Nations and gave aid to Western European countries to speed up the recovery of their economy during the war. Therefore,
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Socially, the Southern United states tried to present itself as a beacon of Hope through segregation and ending the race war. The Montgomery bus boycott and the Little Rock Nine are good examples of this. After Rosa Parks arrest in 1955, local civil rights activists and other African Americans started a one-day boycott of the Montgomery Bus system to protest against racially segregated seating. The African Americans of the south had to fight for their rights to achieve equality between whites and blacks. They wanted the same rights all white people had in the south, instead of being treated like lower beings. After thirteen months, the Supreme Court ruled that the Segregation Laws were unconstitutional and were not legal to segregate whites from blacks on public transportation. The blacks had finally won their fight to …show more content…
While communism in Greece was gaining popularity, the United States was worried about the Soviet Union gaining access to the Mediterranean. President Truman designed the Truman Doctrine, which stated that, “It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” This policy was designed to contain the spreading of communism after the request of congress to give aid to the struggling economies of Greece and Turkey so they do not fall under the soviet’s pressure. President Truman also created the Marshall plan, which was a proposal to send $12.4 billion to Western European to speed up the recovery of its warm torn economy. This was a success for the United States because at the same time it contained communism and also was a step forward toward economic integration and spurred industrial growth in Western Europe. With both the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine, the United States contained communism and supported war torn countries in Western Europe with economic aid. This proves that the United States was a beacon of Democracy between
Socially, the Southern United states tried to present itself as a beacon of Hope through segregation and ending the race war. The Montgomery bus boycott and the Little Rock Nine are good examples of this. After Rosa Parks arrest in 1955, local civil rights activists and other African Americans started a one-day boycott of the Montgomery Bus system to protest against racially segregated seating. The African Americans of the south had to fight for their rights to achieve equality between whites and blacks. They wanted the same rights all white people had in the south, instead of being treated like lower beings. After thirteen months, the Supreme Court ruled that the Segregation Laws were unconstitutional and were not legal to segregate whites from blacks on public transportation. The blacks had finally won their fight to …show more content…
While communism in Greece was gaining popularity, the United States was worried about the Soviet Union gaining access to the Mediterranean. President Truman designed the Truman Doctrine, which stated that, “It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” This policy was designed to contain the spreading of communism after the request of congress to give aid to the struggling economies of Greece and Turkey so they do not fall under the soviet’s pressure. President Truman also created the Marshall plan, which was a proposal to send $12.4 billion to Western European to speed up the recovery of its warm torn economy. This was a success for the United States because at the same time it contained communism and also was a step forward toward economic integration and spurred industrial growth in Western Europe. With both the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine, the United States contained communism and supported war torn countries in Western Europe with economic aid. This proves that the United States was a beacon of Democracy between