3. Selling religious positions for money
Without giving us the passage you have in front of you, maybe you can figure it out on your own (or perhaps already did). Which of the themes is evident in the passage you're looking at?
The rise of McCarthyism: Senator Joseph McCarthy led a vigorous campaign to root out all persons that had any suspicion of being communist sympathizers.
The elimination of the House Un-American Activities Committee: That was part of the backlash against McCarthyism, seeing that McCarthy and others had gone to far in their anti-communism crusade.
Opposition to Republicans supporting the Korean War: Though Truman's actions to get involve the United States in the war in Korean were initially popular, that popularity began to dwindle once China entered into the conflict and it became apparent this was going to be a protracted and difficult struggle.
The Truman Doctrine was first stated by the president to Congress in 1947, saying: "I<span>t must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." Essentially, the Truman Doctrine pledged American effort elsewhere in the world to check the spread of communist and Soviet influence. The policy was first put into action in 1948 by providing economic support to Greece and Turkey to stave off communist movement in those countries.</span>
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A direct democracy is any form of organization in which all citizens can participate directly in the decision-making process. ... The most striking example of the first direct democracies is that of Athens (and other Greek cities), in which people gathered in the squares and made political decisions there.
A new concept that became popular with department stores was using credit cards, and buying on credit: it allowed the users t posses good they cannot afford and on the other hand gave more revenue to the shops and they could charge interest.
The cultural moviment humanism, also a system of education, was growing during the renaissance. It promoted the idea that man was the center of his own universe. Educated people should embrace <em>human achievements</em> in education, arts and science. They also should <em>be able to read and write and persuade others to virtuous actions, by studying humanities</em>.
