PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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adopting the Truman Doctrine in 1947
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ratifying the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963
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returning control of the Panama Canal to Panama in 1978
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granting diplomatic recognition to the People’s Republic of China in 1979
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Detailed explanation-1: -This policy, known as the Truman Doctrine, appeared to work: The Communists were defeated in the Greek Civil War in October 1949; and the foreign aid helped strengthen the Turkish economy. Truman’s “doctrine” was part of an overall containment strategy.
Detailed explanation-2: -With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kennan and Containment, 1947 Kennan, a career Foreign Service Officer, formulated the policy of “containment, ” the basic United States strategy for fighting the cold war (1947–1989) with the Soviet Union.