This course contains 5 segments:
The postwar era, 1945-1950
The United States emerged from World War II as one of two remaining superpowers. In the postwar era, the United States experienced unprecedented economic growth--and unprecedented fear of annihilation brought on by a 40-year Cold War with the Soviet Union.
1950s America
A time of affluence. A time of fear. During Eisenhower's eight years in office, the United States fought a war in Korea, fretted about communism in Hollywood, and began a space program.
The Civil Rights Movement
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This course contains 5 segments:
The postwar era, 1945-1950
The United States emerged from World War II as one of two remaining superpowers. In the postwar era, the United States experienced unprecedented economic growth--and unprecedented fear of annihilation brought on by a 40-year Cold War with the Soviet Union.
1950s America
A time of affluence. A time of fear. During Eisenhower's eight years in office, the United States fought a war in Korea, fretted about communism in Hollywood, and began a space program.
The Civil Rights Movement
This course contains 5 segments:
The postwar era, 1945-1950
The United States emerged from World War II as one of two remaining superpowers. In the postwar era, the United States experienced unprecedented economic growth--and unprecedented fear of annihilation brought on by a 40-year Cold War with the Soviet Union.
1950s America
A time of affluence. A time of fear. During Eisenhower's eight years in office, the United States fought a war in Korea, fretted about communism in Hollywood, and began a space program.
The Civil Rights Movement
After World War II, African Americans worked to end segregation and discrimination in the United States.
1960s America
The 1960s might be the most tumultuous decade in American history, when simmering resentments boiled over into rage against the status quo. From the assassination of John F. Kennedy to the My Lai Massacre, after the bloody Sixties the United States would never be the same.
1970s America
Stagflation, Watergate, the Iran Hostage Crisis -- the 1970s were tough years for the United States.
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