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| The Truman Doctrine was part of the United States' political response to perceived aggression by the Soviet Union in Europe and the Middle East, illustrated through the communist movements in Iran, Turkey and Greece. As a result, American foreign policy towards the USSR shifted, as George F. Kennan phrased it, to that of containment. Under the Truman Doctrine, the United States was prepared to send any money, equipment, or military force to countries that were threatened by the communist government, thereby offering assistance to those countries resisting communism. In U.S. President Harry S. Truman's words, it became "the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." |
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| Pledged that it would give European countries American aid to rebuild thier economies. |
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| North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
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| A defense alliance that promised to come to the aid of any member that was attacked. The members included the US, Canada, Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Portuguel, Netherlands, Norway, Luxemberg, and Iceland. The US had committed itself to maintain peace in Europe. |
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| Became a symbol of American determination to stand by the divided city of Berlin. |
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| The GI bill boosted the American economy, by providing generous loans to veterans to help them establish buisnesses and buy homes and attend college. |
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| A technique of using obscure or uncharted information inorder to ruin people's reputations |
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| The first artifical satellite launched into outerspace by the Russians. This technological advance shocked Americans, who took it as a sign that the US was falling behind the USSR in Missle Technology |
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| With great deal of support from laborers, African Americans, and farmers, Truman won a narrow but stunning victory over Dewey. Perhaps just as remarkable as the president's victory was the resurgance of Democratic Party.Democrats had regained control of both houses of Congress after Election Day. |
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