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The history of the United States from 1945 to 1964 was a time of high economic growth and general prosperity. It was also a time of confrontation as the capitalist United States and its allies politically opposed the Soviet Union and other communist states ; the Cold War had begun.
Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës. / 38.883°N 77.017°W / 38.883; -77.017. / 40.717°N 74.000°W / 40.717; -74.000. Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës (zakonisht të njohura si Shtetet e Bashkuara, SHBA ose Amerika, anglisht United States of America) janë një republikë federale kushtetuese, e përbërë prej 50 shtetesh dhe ...
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The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous cultures formed, and many saw transformations in the 16th century away from more densely populated lifestyles and towards reorganized polities elsewhere.
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Climax of liberalism
The climax of liberalism came in the mid-1960s with the success of President Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–69) in securing congressional passage of his Great Society programs, including civil rights, the end of segregation, Medicare, extension of welfare, federal aid to education at all levels, subsidies for the arts and humanities, environmental activism, and a series of programs designed to wipe out poverty.As a 2005 American history textbook explains: 1. Gradually, liberal intellectuals crafted...
Cultural "Sixties"
The term "The Sixties" covers inter-related cultural and political trends around the globe. This "cultural decade" began around 1963 with the Kennedy assassination and ending around 1974 with the Watergate scandal.
Shift to the extremes in politics
The common thread was a growing distrust of government to do the right thing on behalf of the people. While general distrust of high officials had been an American characteristic for two centuries, the Watergate scandal of 1973–1974 forced the resignation of President Richard Nixon, who faced impeachment, as well as criminal trials for many of his senior associates. The media was energized in its vigorous search for scandals, which deeply impacted both major parties at the national, state, an...
Although generally regarded as a conservative, President Richard Nixon adopted many liberal positions, especially regarding health care, welfare spending, environmentalism and support for the arts and humanities. He maintained the high taxes and strong economic regulations of the New Deal era and he intervened aggressively in the economy. In August...
Aware that he had not been elected to either the office of president or vice-president, Gerald Ford addressed the nation immediately after he took the oath of office, pledging to be "President of all the people," and asking for their support and prayers, saying "Our long national nightmare is over." Ford's administration witnessed the final collaps...
The Watergate scandal was still fresh in the voters' minds when former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter, a Washington, D.C. outsider known for his integrity, prevailed over nationally better-known politicians in the Democratic Party presidential primaries in 1976. Faith in government was at a low ebb, and so was voter turnout. Carter became the first ...
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By Howard Zinn. Book - Non-fiction. HarperCollins. 1980; multiple updates with a new introduction by Anthony Arnove in 2015. Howard Zinn's groundbreaking work on U.S. history. Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People’s History of the United Stateshas been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools — with ...
For the United States, 1945–1964 was a time of high economic growth and general prosperity. It was also a time of confrontation as the capitalist United States and its allies politically opposed the Soviet Union and other communist states; the Cold War had begun.
April. April 12: Vice President Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd U.S. president upon the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. April 1 – WW II: Battle of Okinawa – U.S. troops land on Okinawa. April 4 – The Holocaust: American troops liberate their first Nazi concentration camp, Ohrdruf death camp in Germany.
