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1920 (1930 (1940 (1950 (1960 (1970 (1980 (1990 (2000 (The worldwide…

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        1970
        
        1980
        
        1990
        
        2000
        
        The worldwide economic recession hit the USA hard
        
        9/11: Four planes were hijacked, two crashed into the twin towers in Manhattan NY
        
        9/11: Four planes were hijacked, two crashed into the twin towers in Manhattan NY
        
        millions of americans struggled financially
        
        barack Obama: the first African US president
        
        Short War in the Middle East: Operation Desert Storm
        
        US did better economically
        
        Immigration increased, new immigrants from Latin America
        
        Technology changed: PC
        
        Reality Tv became popular
        
        USA was in a Cold War with the Sovjet Union- USA supported anti-communist movements around the globe
        
        The Berlin Wall came down
        
        The Cold War became to an end
        
        USA became the worlds only superpower
        
        MTV, music videos, pop icons: Madonna and Michael Jackson
        
        Environmental issues became important
        
        Industries were shut down and factories rusted
        
        It was a large influx of immigrants from Asia
        
        Recession in the steel industry created problems in the industrialized areas of the Midwest
        
        Civil rights movement
        
        The space race
        
        The Kennedys
        
        The Cold War
        
        The Vietnam War: thousands of young men and women died, the first war America had ever ´´lost´´
        
        The hippies
        
        Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon
      - Growth: economic, political, military and in population
      - Households had refrigerators, television, sets and hoovers
      - Cars become common
      - USA influenced the world culturally
      - Rock and roll music became popular: James Dean and Elvis Presley