history of the usa ii.. world war i. o 1917 – to help gb and france o profited from selling goods...
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HISTORY OF THE USA II.
WORLD WAR I.
o 1917 – to help GB and France
o profited from selling goods
o Russia after the revolution withdrew from the war
o 11. 11. 1918 – end of the war, ´´Armistice Day“
o president Woodrow Wilson
IN BETWEEN THE WARSo The 20s ´´Golden Twenties“ – prosperity prohibition (gangsters)
o The 30s – The Great Depression (Crash on Wall Street)
Reduce production
Unemployment
F. D. Roosevelt (served 4 terms) – New Deal
WORLD WAR II.
o creditor
o 1941 Pearl Harbor – Japanese aircrafts and bombs
o1945 Nagasaki and Hiroshima (Truman)
AFTER:
o Marshal Plan – plan for reconstruction of Europe
o Cold war – USSR x USA (space race)
SECOND HALF OF THE 2Oth CENTURYo The 50s – prosperity, got involved in Korean war
Beat generation
o The 60s – The Vietnam war
J. F. Kennedy
Human rights movement (M.L. King)
The hippies
o The 70s – president Nixon
o The 80s – Reagan, the end of Cold war
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