The Soviet Union and the satellite nations refused to take money offered in the Marshall Plan. The Marshall Plan was meant to help nations recover from World War II by providing money to stabilize the economy and rebuild infrastructure.
The Soviet Union knew that the United States was using this money as a means to form alliances. This is another reason why they refused to take it.
This helped lead to the idea of containment, as the US was trying to stop European nations they helped through the Marshall Plan from becoming communist.
Black american were given the right to vote on Feb 3, 1870
<span>The Mauryan Empire was the first to unite the whole Indian subcontinent and although it didn't last more than 100 years, it did leave a significant legacy in southern Asia. The biggest impact that the empire had was the spread of Buddhism. The final king of the Mauryan Empire was the first Buddhist king, and the first to send
Buddhist missionaries throughout southern Asia. Although Indian society is now mostly Hindu, the popularity of Buddhism in other parts of southern Asia is largely the result of the the Mauryan's effort to spread the word of the Dharma. Due to the fact that the Mauryan was the first empire to conquer all of the Indian subcontinent, it was the beginning of the collective history of the people of that region and it may have something to do with the formation of the country of India.</span>
