The World After World War II

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The World After World War II

• Chapters 27 28
• USII.8 a- d
• Mrs. Kozlik

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Conflicts Post-WWII era

• Korea
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Vietnam
• US intervened to stop the spread of communism
  into South Vietnam Domino Theory.

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Korea

• South Korea and the US resisted Communist Chinese
  and North Korean aggression. The conflict ended
  in a stalemate.

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Maps and Charts 4
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Castro and Kruschev Form Cuban/Soviet Partnership
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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

• WHEN CUBA BECAME ALLIES WITH THE SOVIET UNION, IT
  PLACED SOVIET NUCLEAR MISSILES IN ITS COUNTRY,
  JUST 90 MILES FROM THE U.S. IN 1962
• THE U.S. ESTABLISHED A NAVAL BLOCKADE OF CUBA,
  AND SOVIETS REMOVED MISSILES

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VIETNAM CONFLICT

• THE U.S. TRIED TO PREVENT NORTH VIETNAMESE
  COMMUNISTS FROM TAKING OVER SOUTH VIETNAM
• AMERICANS WERE DIVIDED OVER WHETHER WE SHOULD BE
  INVOLVED
• WAR ENDED IN CEASE-FIRE, AND U.S. TROOPS WITHDREW

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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COLD WAR?

• Communism collapsed in Europe around 1989-1991.
• Soviet Union was broken up into independent
  countries (exs Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus,
  Lithuania, and Latvia)
• Berlin Wall was destroyed (1961-1989)

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A Changing U.S. Society

• Strong Economy (healthy job market, increased
  productivity, increased demand for American
  products)
• Greater investment in education
• The Baby Boomafter WWII families got bigger,
  causing a surge in population, with different
  backgrounds
• Interstate Highway System
• Evolving role of Women(family roles expected,
  but working also outside the home)

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• Eleanor Roosevelt worked hard to ensure more
  human rights
• African Americans began working towards equal
  opportunitiesTruman desegregated the armed
  forces
• After 1965, immigration changed to primarily
  Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans
• G.I. Bill of Rights (Gave educational, housing,
  and employment benefits to veterans)