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1940s
1950s
1930s
1920s
electricity
automobile
telephone
the great depression
motion picture
industrial growth
stock market crash
struggle
massive unemployment
poverty
WWII broke out at the end of the decade
USA didnt get involved in WWII
after Pearl Harbor, a u navy base in hawaii was attacked, they entered the war on the allies side
after the war Europe had to be rebuilt, whereas the USA didnt need to because no battles had gone down on the American mainand
refrigerators
television sets
USA growth
political
military
economic
population
hoovers
cars
became one of the worlds two superpowers
economically
politically
the two superpowers (Sovjet and USA) started a cold war that lasted for decades
new youth culture
James Dean
Elvis Presley
1960s
war and change
the space race
the cold war
the Vietnam war
hippies
traumatic experience for Americans
men and women died in a war they didnt understand
first war people protested against
first war the USA lost
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make love not war
1970s
movements that started in the 60s continued into the 70s
civil rights for minorities
Women's rights after the Vietnam war
environmental issues became important
industries and factories shut got down
a large influx of immigrants from Asia the US defeat in Vietnam
1980s
Ronald Reagan
cold war
supported anti-communist movements around the globe
iron curtain
the Berlin wall
was destroyed in 1989 and the war ended
the decade of MTV
music video
pop icons
Madonna
Michael jackson
1990s
short war in the moddle east (Operation Desert Storm
protect Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
suppliers of oil to the USA
throughout the decade the USA did better economically
the most revolutionairy technology was the PC and the internet
at the end of the decade, reality TV became a new popular genre
people thought that everything was going to crash and go to hell when we switched senturies
9/11 attack
four planes where hijacked
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