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The Twentieth CenturyPart II
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World War II ends in 1945. The Allies win.
America is a world superpower!
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For the next 40 years, America and the Soviet Union are in a standoff called the Cold War.
The U.S. does not want the Soviet Union’s economic and political system to spread.
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• In a Communist economy, government controls the nation’s resources and industries.
• Government sets prices. $$$$
• Government decides the homes, jobs, healthcare, and other opportunities each person has.
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The U.S. has a capitalist (or a market) economy.
• Price is set by the marketplace.
• People own private property.
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• People pick the kind of work they do. They may succeed (or fail) at whatever they do.
• Government gets its power from the people. People can change their leaders through elections.
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But right now, American soldiers are not thinking about Communism. They
are home from war and starting families.
The Baby Boom is underway!
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In 1950, Communist North Korea invades non-Communist South Korea. The U.S.A. fights for South Korea.
The Korean War ends in 1953 with Korea still divided.
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In 1959, Communist North Vietnam fights non-Communist South Vietnam.
The U.S. enters the war to prevent a Communist takeover of South Vietnam.
In 1975, after Congress prohibits more U.S. military intervention, the Communists win The Vietnam War.
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The Baby Boomers are teens and young adults during the Vietnam War.
In the 1960s:
• College campuses are centers of protest against the Vietnam War.
• Martin Luther King, Jr. works for civil rights.
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• The Civil Rights Movement tries toend racial discrimination.
• Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon (1969).
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Scientific and technical advances change the late Twentieth Century.
• The floppy disk is new in 1970.
• In the 1980s, scientific research includes the human genome project.
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• The World Wide Web is in its early stages in 1991. By the end of the decade, nearly a billion people are connected.
• The Stealth bomber helps the U.S. and her allies stop Iraq and free Kuwait in The Gulf War, 1990-91.
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The decade, the century, and the millennium end with the year 2000.