Reconversion
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Post WWI Experience
Bring em Home
Post War Depression
The Economy
Prosperity defined
1948 Election
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Truman’s State of Union Message
Southern Dixiecrat response
Had Enough v. Do Nothing
Dewey Wins?
Upset
The Fair Deal
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Role of the National Government?
Social Security & Minimum Wage
National Health Care
Education
Housing and slum clearance
Other realms
Struggle for Equality
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Double Victory and WWII
A. Philip Randolph’s Challenge
War’s Experience
Jackie Robinson’s Impact
Truman’s Initiative
UN and Human Rights Commission
Cultural Achievements
NAACP and the Courts
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Courts as an Ally
Housing, Education, Voting
Sweatt v. Painter
Thurgood Marshall and Howard
The Brown Case
Warren Court
All Deliberate Speed
The Korean War
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Source of the Conflict
Pusan and Inchon
MacArthur
Quagmire
1952 Election
Eisenhower
Wars of Liberation
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Post War in Third World
African Continent
Asia
Latin American
National Self Determination
Cold War
Eisenhower and The Cold War
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Containment v. Brinkmanship
Hysteria of Red Scare
The Atomic Age
China and Korea
Vietnam and France
Dienbienphu
Geneva Accords and S. Vietnam
The CIA and Covert Operations
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Iran and The Shah
Iranians and Mossadig
Geo-Political Significance
Destabilization
U.S.-Iranian Relations, 1953-79