After World War II ended, many Americans were eager to have children because they were confident that the future held nothing but peace and prosperity. ... Almost as soon as World War II ended, developers such as William Levitt (whose "Levittown's" in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania would become the most famous symbols of suburban life in the 1950s) began to buy land on the outskirts of cities and use mass production techniques to build modest, inexpensive tract houses there. ...

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World War II was a time of tremendous global turmoil and change. ... Another major cultural change brought on as a direct result of the United States' involvement in World War II was the role of women in society. ... These cultural changes, and many others that occurred during World War II, were advanced in part through governmental propaganda that often played to Americans' fears in order to influence their actions. ... During World War II, United States propaganda consisted primarily of print and radio media campaigns aimed at motivating everyday Americans to contribute to the war ...

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Before America decided to join World War II, American ideas were harsh. ... Pearl Harbor was the reason the United States put their contribution in on World War II. ... This war was going to take lots of man power and funding. ... Women also got their chance to serve the war. ... World War II although tragic, happened at good time for America because it helped pull them out of the awful situation the crash of the stock market had put them in and it helped with equality in African Americans and women....

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Nineteen forty-five set the end of World War II. ... Nonetheless, the war had left its mark on numerous countries, especially the USA. ... American society was greatly affected by the war mainly involving whites, as well as the battle between women and men. ... The war not only affected whites, but also affected black people in America as well. ... The war also shaped the economy in various ways both during and after the war. ...

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World War II was a demanding time for the United States' men and women. ... The stereotypical housewife was put to the test in World War II, beckoning them to more than just sewing and proper housework. ... One of the most well known women jazz orchestras of World War II was the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. ... However, the war eventually ended and all the men and touring bands returned home to the United States. ... Although World War II did not completely change the way women were perceived in the music industry as musicians, or any business industry for that matter, it defini...

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Throughout World War II, seeds were being planted for the Civil Rights Movement. "Jim Crow" laws dominated the United States, and they dominated the battlefields of the war as well. ... During World War II, African Americans were welcomed to serve as soldiers but segregation was apparent. ... Minority groups did not want to accept their pre-war status anymore. Asian Americans were also heavily discriminated against in the aftermath of World War II. ...

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The period has also helped people in understanding the World War II chronology. It has discussed several factors that led to America involvement in World War II. ... That is how the World War II began in Europe. ... Next is the entrance of United States into World War II; America entered the war due to various reasons. ... Hence, America had various reasons to join the World War II (Stouffer et al., 1949). ...

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-Walter Cronkite The origins of the Cold War have been debated since 1945 when, at the end of World War II, the allied countries of Great Britain, The United States, and The Soviet Union had to decide how to map out the fate of Europe. ... Revisionists challenged the orthodox idea that U.S foreign policy after World War II was anything but righteous and compassionate; on the contrary, revisionist scholars saw eagerness by the US to promote its own securities abroad. ... As would be expected, the period during the 1960's and 1970's, the debate over the origins of the Cold War between ...

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On February 19, 1942 Roosevelt had signed Executive order 9066 which forcibly relocated Japanese Americans due to the fear of aiding the Japanese in World War II. ... As a result, when they were freed after the war they had no homes or businesses left, and had to start over. ... People may say that Japanese Internment helped us win the war. ... Many people back then did not like Japanese people pre and post World War II, In the photo "Japs Keep Moving - This is a White Man's Neighborhood," there is a woman standing outside of a structure that will not allow Japanese people to en...

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"The fellow knew that it was over for him and so he didn't struggle when they led him into the room and tied him down," recalled the 72-year-old farmer, describing his time as a medical assistant in a Japanese army unit in China during World War II. ... Unit 731 was a secret Japanese research program during and after World War II, but what most people don't know is that Unit 731 was a travesty in world history that included indescribably cruel experiments, malicious germ warfare, and a surprising cover up by the United States. ... The reasoning for the experiments being cruel is th...

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During World War II, many countries had been suffering the fire of war until the Allies won the eventual victory. ... How did those countries that involved in World War II recover from the destruction of the war? ... During World War II, there was a civil war in Greece. ... Meanwhile, although Britain won World War II, it did not have enough money to support Greece to rebuild its homeland. ... To conclude Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan saved Western European from the recession after World War II. ...

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World War II was part of Ralph Vaughan William's inspiration for his tuba concerto. One of the residual outcomes of World War II was the Cold War, another major historical event that had a great amount of influence over Europe and the rest of the world during Vaughan Williams' composing of his tuba concerto. ... This is once again a metaphor for World War II, which flipped the world on its side and plunged it into chaos. ... After World War II, it seems for a moment like everything is going to return to normal, but then we realize that the conflict, sadness, and suffering have all j...

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"World War II, the most mechanized war in history, was fought with a profusion of complex, formidable weapons which radically affected the course of events in our century. ... Many new small arms were developed during World War II, the most notable being the new improvements on the machine gun. ... The best of all light machine guns (rapid-fire rifle-caliber weapons) In World War II was the German 1.92mm. ... These large guns were the prime reason that World War II was not the kind of static trench warfare seen in World War I. ... World War II is the first war where air power became a key a...

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Question What role do you think Canada played as a Middle power during the Cold War and how did this shape our relationship in the Global Community? Response After World War II, Canada emerged as a world power, and ended up with a strong sense of pride and nationalism felt by the citizens. Our role as a "middle power" in the cold war shaped our relationship in the global community. ... Our soldiers were sent to keep peace while negotiating was happening in areas where war hadn't broken out yet. ... We do have nuclear power, just no weapons, as we side on America for the weapons...

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The Manhattan Project was such an important project because it not only ended World War II but it brought the world into the nuclear age and the new era of the cold war. ... On September 3, 1945, less than a month after the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the Japanese signed a document of surrender effectively ending World War II. The way the United States ended World War II was a show of international dominance that the world had never seen before. ... At the end of World War II, only the United States possessed the atomic bomb. ... Because of the Manhattan Project, the United States e...

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The Cold War did affect the American's way of life. ... When the men all came back from World War II, many women lost their jobs and weren't as active as they were during the time of WWII. ... The Red Scare started back a few years before the 1920s and went away relatively for awhile during World War II. ... Another aspect of entertainment influenced by the cold war was music. ... Elvis, though not directly in his songs, was influenced by the Cold War. ...

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America tried to avoid becoming part of World War II, but their involvement was destined to happen. ... Essentially, the war ended the Great Depression. ... They still wanted to continue working after the war. ... World War II largely effected American's of all kinds. ... World War II allowed America to get back on their feet. ...

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While the end of World War II brought peace and prosperity to most Americans, it also created a heightened state of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. ... At this time, North and South Korea were set to have an election that would eventually reunify them sometime after World War II. ... War broke out along the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950. ... The Korean war was a tremendous part of The Cold War. This war would eventually lead to a stalemate and reach a cease fire. ...

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This was towards the end of World War II. ... The bombing of Hiroshima occurred as Colonel Tibbets instructed the United States to drop two atomic bombs in Japan as it will forcibly make them surrender, to end World War II. ... The attack against Hiroshima was committed by the United States to make a statement to end World War II. ... The World Trade Center attack was also made to make a statement to start war, not to end it. ... The similarities between Hiroshima and the World Trade Center were done because of war. ...

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One of the most significant aspects of this war that made it differ from other wars throughout American history was the lack of support from the American people. ... A great deal of the anti-war movements were a result of the media's inaccurate portrayal of the war. ... The support for both World War I and II was much greater and showed to be more successful. ... Unfortunately, the negative image of the Vietnam War is greatly influenced by Hollywood's portrayal of the war. ... The peace movements began with the start of the war in 1964. ...

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Historians are quoted as saying that although World War I was not inevitable; World War II was due to the unresolved tension between nations. ... World War II officially began in September of 1939 when Britain and France declared war on Germany following its direct violation of the Munich Pact by invading Poland. ... Due to unresolved anger with the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of dictatorship in Europe, and United States isolation countries around the world took part in history's bloodiest and most widespread war, World War II. ... The harsh terms of the treaty are often blamed for Ge...

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The Vietnam war was fought in 1955 to 1975, and the Australian military fought in it from 1962 to 1973, and at the time, it was the longest that Australia had participated in all-out war. ... There are many contributing factors for the beginning of the Vietnam War which was all linked to the Cold War. The term ˜Cold War' refers to the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union (Russia) which began after World War II through suspicions and hate between the two superpowers. ... Before World War II Vietnam was part of the French Empire and after the war were given con...

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The risk of anyone of dying violently in wars or is at its lowest. ... Since World War II, no UN members have been forcibly removed from the map. ... Civil wars are also disappearing. ... The evidence that war has almost ceased to exist is apparent on every continent. ... Post-Cold War revolutions have tended to be less bloody than those before it. ...

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During World War II, the United States needed a secure and immediate method of communication, or code, that couldn't be figured out or broken by our enemies. ... A man named Philip Johnston came up with the idea to use the Navajo language as a communication code during World War II. ... (Navajo Code Talkers: World War II Fact Sheet) Not long after the demonstration was preformed, the order to start recruiting Navajo men for this job was placed. ... By the end of the war there were over 500 Navajo Indians serving in the Marine Corps as code talkers. ... " (Navajo Code Talkers: Worl...

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The United States and the Soviet Union became the two superpowers of the post - World War II era. ... The most popular view on the origins of the Cold War would be considered to lay in the policies of the World War II, others would say that the mistrust between the two started with the Bolshevik revolution in Russia and communists gaining power. ... Although, I personally would agree that the policies of the World War II played a significant role in shaping the international politics of the post - war world, and possibly could be blamed for the beginning of the Cold War. ... Nevertheless, som...

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