The United States became paranoid that Communists from the Soviet Union were bound to overthrow democracy in America. The president and his administration prosecuted anyone who seemed deceitful to their country and involved with the Communists party. ... The Hollywood Ten for example, famous actresses, actors and directors who were accused of being involved with the Communist Party and their lives were forever ruined. ... The government's paranoia of the Communist party escalated once again during the war of Vietnam. ... Many civilians belonged to a pro communist organization known as the...

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This was the beginning of Castro's affiliation with the Soviets, as he joined the ranks of the Communists. ... Palmer explains: "Castro, first secretary of the Cuban Communist party, the only party permitted, ruled as a dictator. ... Eisenhower knew he had to deal with the Communist threat. ... Of course, the question that they, the opponents of this "Communist Movement" should've been asked at this point was, is it worth it? ... In 1961, in response to fleeing citizens, the Soviets constructed the Berlin Wall, physically splitting the democratic West Berlin and the Communist East B...

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His campaign strategies were to unite the Republican party and he appealing to voters in border, southern, and western states by enunciating conservative policies that distinguished the GOP from the liberalism of the Democrats and the more conservative views of the American Independent party. ... George Wallace of Alabama, candidate for the American Independent party. ... So in April of 1970, he approved a joint US-Vietnamese attack on Communist sanctuaries in eastern Cambodia. It took two months and huge quantities of supplies were taken, supposedly assuring that the Communists wou...

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During Nixon's campaign against Vorhees, he accused Vorhees of accepting money from a communist-dominated political action committee. This tactic, known as "red Baiting", was effective in the late 1940s and early 1950s because the American public had become frightened of the communist menace. ... Humphrey and the conservative third party candidate George C. ...

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The purpose of the blockade was so the Communist powers could take over in thought that the allies would retreat and the Communists could win the Cold War. On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of German Democratic Republic began to build a barbed wire fence between East and West Berlin. ... Kennedy delivered his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in Berlin in response to the attempted spread of Communism around the world by the Communist party during the cold war. ... Due to the attempted spread of Communism, the Communists put up a wall to contain the citizens in the city [ CITATION His15...

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From 1946 ahead the Vietminh organisation set-up and was led by, communist Ho Chi Minh. ... The USA was again fighting for the wrong reasons as they thought it was non-communist against the communists. ... The later part of the war consisted of two Nationalist parties who wanted power over Vietnam. America's vision saw the Vietminh led by a communist. This meant America would do any thing they could to defeat the Vietminh (communists)....

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The party John F. Kennedy belonged to was the Democratic Party. ... It was believed that the assassination was due to the communists, but instead of turning to communists, many of the American leaders turned against America, which then caused distrust in the government house.6 New York columnist James Reston said "Kennedy's assassination was a symptom of a sick political party."7 This statement shows how the parties felt towards each other, after the assassination of JKF. ... Apart from these concerns many of the political parties supported Kennedy and didn't have any compl...

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Following almost a century of alliance, Americans and Russians disagreement came to the front line when in 1917 the Communists seized power, and established the Soviet Union. ... In March 1951 he succeeded to the presidency, supported by the army and the left-wing political parties, including the Guatemalan Communist Party. ... Public view of Arbenz, was that he was a friend of communists. ...

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He also stated that the American people should be aware of the communists, Khrushchev in the Soviet Union, the Chinese Communists, how they were on the move and America had to counter and move towards freedom. ... Kennedy simply said that they needed to watch and be continually alert to what the communists were doing. Nixon agreed and also stated that the way to fight Communism was to attack the injustices in society that the Communists feed upon. ... Nixon said that nothing should just be turned over to the Communists because it just makes them more hungry for more land. ... He ...

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The United States government feared that the unrest would eventually lead to a communist takeover, so they discretely established contact with Batista to help him run Cuba during the presidency of five different presidents, until they felt he was ready to be president. ... Fidel was not a member of any party but he was eager to create a personal reputation as fast as possible. ... In October of 1961, he announced to his people and the world during a television talk show that his political party would now have a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary program adjusted to the precise objective conditio...

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Voorhis denies any ties to communist endorsements, furthermore no evidence has been found to corroborate Nixon's claims. Nixon exploited the fact that the Cold War rivalry between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. was just beginning and that anti-communist sentiment was high. ... I just want to tell you that Jerry Voorhis is a communist."" ( ) "By using the "big lie,"" Nixon was able to trick people into believing that Voorhis was a communist sympathizer; with his dirty tactics, he won handsomely by a margin of 15,000 votes- (N v. ... In another ruthlessly fought campaign, Nixon managed to find a...

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On November 22, 1963, the history of America changed forever. President John F. Kennedy rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas to a lunch in with the Vice President and Governor of Texas. As the Presidents open top motorcade traveled down past The Texas School Book Deposi...

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The French were losing and were not able to control the communist North Vietnamese from invading South Vietnam. ... "Participants in the Geneva Conference were the four parties that had called for the meeting, France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States; also present were China, Cambodia, and Laos; and representing elements within Vietnam itself were spokesmen Bao Dai's government and for the Vietminh. ... This is who America decided was a threat that they wanted to stop before all of Indochina became communist. ... With the help of the United States, there would hope...

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Kennedy usually backed bills sponsored by his party but would sometimes show independence by voting with the Republicans. ... In China, the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek, which had been supported by the United States, was unable to withstand the advance of Communist forces under Mao Zedong. ... Truman's critics, including Kennedy, charged that the administration had failed to support Chiang Kai-shek against the Communists. Despite Kennedy's wavering within his own party platform, John F. ...

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Some secrets are just left unraveled and some need to be said. The CIA of all people you would think would keep a secret. At the end of the day people should always tell the truth no matter how hard it is to say because the truth can be your biggest change in your life. Fidel Castro was the presiden...

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Cuba and Fidel Castro The Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro established the first communist nation in the Western Hemisphere in 1959. ... Serving as a Vice President, a core member of both House of Representative and Senate, many believed that the 1960 election will be a landslide victory for Nixon and his Republican Party. ... Kennedy managed easily outmaneuver the other candidates for the Democratic Party. ...

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Boarding their plane as quickly as possible after the debate, Kennedy and his campaign party flew to Michigan, where he was scheduled to speak briefly at the university at Ann Arbor. It was about 2:00 AM, the night was clear and mild and somewhat to the campaign party's surprise, a very large turnout of students, estimated at ten thousand, had waited up for the senator. ... Some of these governments might receive a large amount of funding from Communist nations such as the Soviet Union, while at the same time receive help from democratic nations like the United States- (Montanye). ...

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The JFK Assassination: Investigating Motives Behind Popular Conspiracy Theories Most people who were alive at the time remember exactly where they were on the fateful day of November 22, 1963. On that day President John F. Kennedy arrived in Dallas to a crowd of excited people lining the streets...

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Johnson won the presidency easily for the Democratic Party. ... People across the United States were shocked, until then the United States had no diplomatic, economic, and cultural ties to the communist nation. ...

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The JFK Assassination: Investigating Motives Behind Popular Conspiracy Theories Most people who were alive at the time remember exactly where they were on the fateful day of November 22, 1963. On that day President John F. Kennedy arrived in Dallas to a crowd of excited people lining the streets, ...

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In the late 1930's outside Gallup, New Mexico people lucky enough to have any food sat down to their evening meal of a can of beans and loaf of bread. Along Route 66 at this roadside encampment, police motorcycles appear guarding a large luxury car. The car stops in front of the onlookers and out ...

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: A True American Hero In today's society what is wanted or accepted by most people is considered to be "popular culture."" The word popular is thought of as what is accepted by the majority, and the word culture, in relation to what is popular, refers to the people who decide for us what is good or bad. In our text, putting the words popular and culture together is said to be, "the products of human work and thought which are (or have been) accepted and approved of by a large community or population- (Nachbar and Lause 14). After researching popular culture I...

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Castro and the Cuban government had become the first Communist country in the Western Hemisphere by December 1960 (Finkelstein 26). ... The premier of Russia and the head of the Communist Party, Nikita Khrushchev, felt that the United States was a threat to the Soviet Union and decided to place missiles in Cuba in retaliation for the missiles in Turkey (Finkelstein 13, 23). ...

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With Kennedy's political career rising, he met Jacqueline Bouvier at a dinner party in Georgetown. ... The plan was to use Cuban exiles to overthrow Castro and create a non-communist government. ... They were a communist country and the United States was trying to prevent the domino theory. ...

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Finally, the New Deal "transformed the American party system." ... (10) Johnson's Vietnam mission report reflected the third tenet of postwar liberalism; to defend the freeworld from communist expansion. ...

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