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marshall plan
Cold War

Marshall Plan

The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe. The United

townshend acts
American Revolution

Townshend Acts

The Townshend Acts met stiff resistance in the colonies, and public opposition to them was widely debated in colonial newspapers. Opponents of the Acts gradually

viet cong
Vietnam War

Viet Cong

Table of Contents The Viet Cong, also known as the Viet Nam Cong San or English Vietnamese Communists, were a guerrilla group that, with the

United States Enters World War 1
World War 1

United States Enters War

The United States entered into World War I in April 1917, more than two and a half years after the war began in Europe. Apart

battle of fort sumter
American Civil War

Battle of Fort Sumter

Table of Contents The disagreement between the two states over tariffs quickly escalated into the American Civil War. On April 12th, 1861, Confederate forces bombarded

buddhist crisis
Vietnam War

Buddhist Crisis

In South Vietnam, a country where the Buddhist majority was estimated to comprise between 70 and 90 percent of the population in 1963,[2][3][4][5][6] President Ngô

german spring offensive
World War 1

German Spring Offensive

The German spring offensive, or Kaiserschlacht (“Kaiser’s Battle”), also known as the Ludendorff offensive, was a series of German attacks along the Western Front during

1963 south vietnamese coup
Vietnam War

1963 South Vietnamese Coup

Diệm’s road to political power began in July 1954 when he was appointed the Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam by former Emperor Bảo