The Marshall Plan could be understood as part of an American desire to stop the spread of communism.
After World War II, the US was worried about the growing size/influence of the Soviet Union and their communist system. Their main concern was that this system would spread to European countries and eventually the Soviet Union and their communist ideas would infiltrate the US.
To ensure that this did not happen, the US gave $13 billion worth of economic aid to European countries that were greatly affected by World War II. This included countries like Great Britain and France. This assistance would make sure that these countries did not fall under the control of the Soviet Union.
Huntington's Clash of Civilizations theory posits Islamic civilization as the current great problem.
He states that under the influence of their religion, Muslims will try to spread their faith all over the world in a violent way. Even though this book came out 1996, Huntington guessed correctly what was going to happen almost 20 years later. As you can see today, the Islamic civilization poses a great threat to the rest of the world.
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B.african American gained the right to vote
