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The Post War United States
1945 - 1968
The United States emerged from World War II as a world superpower. At home, though, domestic unrest, protests, and violence related to the Cold War, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War led to progressive social change.
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1945
1968
1948
Cold War begins
The 1944 GI Bill of Rights
greatly benefit white
veterans and economy
1955
Rosa Parks arrested causing
the Montgomery Bus Boycott
1957
Little Rock school
integration crisis
1963
Birmingham
campaign
The March on
Washington
1965
The Selma civil
rights marches
1964
The Civil
Rights Act
of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Martin Luther King, Jr.
assassination
1960
John F. Kennedy
elected
President
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