10.2 and 10.3
Western Democracies and the
Two Koreas
Analyze the postwar American economy.
Identify developments in American society and
government.
Explain the causes and impact of the Korean War
NEW OBJECTIVE
• Analyze the postwar American economy.
Postwar Prosperity in the United States
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Economy flourished following war.
Dollar was the world’s strongest currency.
NYC is home to the United Nations headquarters.
US left WWII untouched from horrendous effects.
Economic Boom
• 1945, US produced 50 percent of the world’s
manufactured goods.
• 50s + 60s, growing population demanded homes,
cars, refrigerators, and thousands of other products.
• US invested into rebuilding Europe.
– American culture spread worldwide
• Movies
• TV programs
• Music (Jazz and rock and roll).
Continued…
• America’s postwar economic strength impacted
social systems in the US.
• Americans moved from the cities to the suburbs.
• The movement to communities outside an urban
area is known as suburbanization.
• Highways allowed residents to commute by car.
• Sunbelt States “Southern States” saw an increase in
population.
OBJECTIVE REVIEW
• Analyze the postwar American economy.
New Objective
• Identify the developments in American
society.
Civil Rights Movement
• Although African American won their freedom in
the 1860s, southern states denied them equality up
to the 1960s.
– Segregation was legal.
– African American faced discrimination.
Continued…
• 1954, Brown v. Board of Education declared
that segregation in schools was
unconstitutional.
Martin Luther King Jr.
• Preacher, who emerged as a leader of the Civil
Rights movement.
• Inspired by Gandhi, organized boycotts and
peaceful marches to end segregation in the U.S..
• Many Americans of all races joined movement.
• 1963, King made his “I have a dream” speech.