It was pesident Franklin D. Roosevelt who took the first steps to reach racial equality, but they were not enought. Nevertheless, during the period of president Harry S. Truman great efforts were made in this direction. Truman established a committee on Civil Rights. This was not well seen by the southern Democrats who <em>opposed firmly to the new civil rights</em>. They decided to form a new party, called <em>Dixiecrats</em>, an extremely (racially) conservative party. They even <em>intended to reach the White House</em>, naming a presidential candidate in 1948, however, they <em>did not successed</em>.
Luther modified religious services in terms of stripping down the ability to make money from the perspective of the church; which at the time was making a lot of money through selling tickets that would abolish sins of people for example he also made the church less about money and more about religious services.
Tension.
Because the Cold War marked a time period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union with its satellite states and the United States with its allies following World War II.
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