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Red scare
A "Red Scare" is promotion of widespread fear by a society or state about a potential rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism. The term is most often used to refer to two periods in the history of the United States with this name. -
Rationing
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Hans Hoffman
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Makeup
1940s makeup is one of the most “vintage” looks and rather simple to recreate. There was a push for all things natural, unlike the 1930s and 1950s, which favored reshaping eyebrows and contouring the face. ... By 1948, between 80 and 90 percent of women wore lipstick, two thirds wore rouge and a quarter wore eye makeup. -
Tuskegee airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African-American military pilots who fought in World War II. They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces. -
Pearl Harbor
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White Rose
The White Rose was a non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany led by a group of students and a professor at the University of Munich. -
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of World War II, representing the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, many of whom produced munitions and war supplies -
Silly putty
James Wright invent silly putty -
D-Day
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Cold War
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Truman Doctrine
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Marshall plan
The Marshall Plan was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $13 billion in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II.
