Cold War page

Reasons for Rapid
Growth of Economy
•Businesses switch from production of war materials to consumer goods
•Americans purchase goods on credit
•Women return to work inside of the home
•Labor unions become more powerful and workers get new benefits and higher wages
•The next generation of women enter the work force

The Cold War
State of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union
No actual fighting but divided the world into two camps

democratic and capitalistic
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United States policy that aimed to stop the spread of communism

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Cold War
South Korea and U.S.
vs.
Communist Chinese and
North Korean aggression

•Soviets placed missiles in Cuba
•U.S. blockade
•Soviets remove missiles in response to blockade
Cuban Missile Crisis

•U.S. enters Vietnam War to stop the spread of communism into South Vietnam (Domino Theory)
•Americans divided over whether U.S. should be involved militarily
•Conflict ends in cease-fire
•U.S. troops withdraw
Vietnam conflict

•Soviet Union breaks into independent countries
•Berlin Wall is destroyed
Berlin Wall falls

environment
•Role of U.S. military involvement
•Environmental challenges
•Global issues including trade, jobs and diseases
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