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The beginning of the century
In the beginning of the 20th century was an era with rapid economic growth and industralization. Because of the U.S higher wages was millions of immigrants who helped build the country. The U.S joined WW1 in 1917. -
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The 1920s
automobile, the telephone, electricity, the motion picture and more industrial growth.
Stock Market Crash on Wall Street in 1929. -
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The 1930s
Stock Market Crash= depression
decade of poverty, struggle and massive unemployment.
WW1 broke out in Europe in 1939 -
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The 1940s
Pearl Harbour was attacked by the Japanese on December 7,1941, the USA entered the war on the side of the Allies -
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The 1950s
Decade of growth in all areas.
Refigerators, television set, and hoovers.
Cars were becoming common.
Cold war between world's two superpowers.
Elvis Presley. -
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1960s
decade of both war and change. Cicil Rights Movement. The space race (1969). The Kennedys(1963). The cold war. The Vietnam war, where thousands of young men and women died. It was the first war america had ever "lost". "make love, not war" was the hippies slogan. In 1962, with the cuban missile crisis, the US was on the brink of war with the Soviet Union. -
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1970s
Civil rights for minorities. women's rights, and the end of the Vientam war. Environmenal issues became important. Recession in the steel industry. The area known as "The stell belt", became known as" The rust belt". Influx of immigrants from Asia, in the aftermath of the US defeated in Vietnam. -
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1980s
Ronald Reagan and conservative USA. Cold war with the Sovjet Union. The Berlin Wall came down in 1989, and the Civil war came to an end. It is also the decade og MTV and the music videos. Madonna. Micheal Jackson. -
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1990s
short war in the middle east (Operation Desert Storm). The US did better economically. Immigration increased. The most sigificant changes technologically were the internet and the PC. Reality TV.