1941-1945- World war two. Women gain independence. Blacks gain equality and the Japanse are interned1945-1953- Red Scare- Alger Hiss, Rosenbergs and the holywood ten
1950-54- MCARTHYISM.
1954- Brown V Board of Education, Topeka
1955- Montgomerry Bus Boycott.
1957- Little Rock High School.
1959-1961- Sitins and Freedom Riders
1960-63- JFK and the New Frontier
1962- Martin luther King and the birmingham Alabama protests
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1963- March On washington and i have a dream speech
1963-68- Johnson and the Great society
1965-1970 The student and Hippie movements
1965-1973- Womens Movement
1972- Watergate Scandal
1974- Nixon resigned
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The Impact of the war on USA
WOMEN
tHE NUMBER OF WORKING WOMEN HAD INCREASED BY A DRAMATIC AMOUNT
Many now worked in defence industries
Percentage of Working women went up from 27 in 1941 to 37 in 1945
Rosie the Riveter had inspired them during the war to gain what they wanted
BLACK AMERICANS
Blacks joined army but there was still segregation remaingin
Blacks had to serve in seperate units
Black women became nurses but could only treat black soldiers
JAPANESE AMERICANS
100000 japanese americans were interned to camps because they were thought as a security threat
There property and belongings were either lost or sold.
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ECONOMY-
postive impact on economy
Richer Economy - INcreased
American lived a high standard in 1950's
1956- the interstate highways act0 enabled the buliding of new roads
Other MAIN changes
Double V campaign- double victory- black leaders took oppurtunity to highlight the plight of blacks.
NAACP- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCMENT OF COLOURED PEOPLE. made racial equality a domestic issue.
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