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1
American History 6/20/2003
  • Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan
  • Korean War
  • Vietnam War
  • Bob Dylan
  • Born on the Fourth of July

2
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.

3
  • The United States helped Greece and Turkey to
    resist communism.

4
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.

5
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.

6
Korean War (1950-1953)
  • South Korea vs. North Korea
  • The U.S. China
  • (Soviet Union)
  • Over 2 million Koreans were killed.

7
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.

8
  • 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.

9
  • 1974 Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces overran
    south Vietnam.
  • 1974 President Ford called the war finished.

10
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.

11
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
  • Directed by Oliver Stone
  • Film adaptation of Ron Kovics biography
  • Tom Cruise as Ron Kovic
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