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| show | The United Nations was formed near the end of WW2 to create a body for the nations of the world to join together. Meetings are held at the United Nations to discuss important world issues, and to try to reach solutions before disputes turn into wars.
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| What is the Marshall Plan? What other policy did it help contribute to? | show 🗑
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| show | The United States felt it was in its best interest to help rebuild Europe and prevent political and economic instability.
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| show | The Soviet Union’s domination over Eastern European countries (Iron Curtain). Poland, Eastern Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania and the Soviet Union.
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| show | Following World War II, Americans prospered due to an expanding economy stimulated by America’s involvement in the war.
With rationing of consumer goods over, businesses converted from production of war materials to consumer goods.
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| show | Americans purchased goods on credit.
The work force shifted back to men, and most women returned fulltime to family responsibilities.
Labor unions merged and became more powerful; workers gained new benefits and higher salaries.
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| show | The US had a policy of containment meaning that the U.S. intended to push back attempts by any communist countries to take over any non-communist countries.
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| show | The US got involved to help stop the spread of Communism. North Korea was set up under a communist government by the Soviet Union. South Korea remained a separate nation friendly with the U.S.
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| show | The missiles could hit US with no warning. President Kennedy ordered a blockade of Cuba by U.S. Navy to stop any more missiles from being brought in. Russia backed down and agreed to remove missiles it had put in Cuba. The US agreed to not invade Cuba.
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| What was the symbol for the divide between communism and the free world? When did it fall? | show 🗑
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| show | The V. War ended for US - cease fire agreement was made between two sides - 1973. The US pulled troops out of country and S. Vietnam was alone. In 1975 N. Vietnam broke agreement. Its military invaded S. Vietnam in full force. S. Vietnam was defeated
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| show | 1. The Korean War
2. The Space Race
3. The Cuban Missile Crisis
4. The Vietnam War
5. Tearing Down the Wall - Berlin Wall
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| show | The G.I. Bill.
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| Which president desegregated the military? | show 🗑
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| show | The linking of nations through trade, information, technologies, and communication.
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| show | Improvement communications - travel, telecommunications, Internet
Variety foreign-made goods and services
Outsourcing jobs & decline some US cities and industries
Rise of international corps.
Shift from manufacturing to a high-tech and service economy
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| show | Labor unions merged and became more powerful; workers gained new benefits and higher salaries.
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| show | A strong economy (healthy job market, increased productivity)
Interstate Highway system
“Baby Boom” which led to changing demographics
Greater investment in education - Americans could compete globally - National Defense Education Act.
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| show | Evolving role of women (expected to play a supporting role in the family while increasingly working outside the home)
Expansion of human rights
African Americans’ aspirations for equal opportunities
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| show | The work force shifted back to men, and most women returned fulltime to family responsibilities. As economic prosperity continued and technology boomed, the next generation of women entered the labor force in large numbers.
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