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The Cold War & Civil Rights. Two Super Powers. After WWII, USA and USSR emerge as superpowers (military & political power) Disagreements over how to rebuild Europe 1947: Truman Doctrine U.S. will help any country fight Communism Fear of the spread of Soviet influence. Propaganda.
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Two Super Powers • After WWII, USA and USSR emerge as superpowers (military & political power) • Disagreements over how to rebuild Europe • 1947:Truman Doctrine • U.S. will help any country fight Communism • Fear of the spread of Soviet influence
Propaganda • Putting the Truman Doctrine to use, following a policy of “containment” Truman & Eisenhower employ anti-Communist propaganda • So does the Soviet Union
“American imperialism destroyed the largest section of the native population of North America and doomed the survivors to a slow death…the fate of the Negroes [is] equally tragic…America’s soil is drenched in the blood and sweat of Negro toilers.” ~ from an article in Tass, a Soviet periodical distributed in India