Social Transformation in the United States (1945-1994)

By 17sdenny

  • Prosperity, Depression, and the New Deal (1919-1941) event 1

    Racial intolerance, anti-immigrant attitudes and the Red Scare contributed to social unrest after World War I.

  • Prosperity, Depression, and the New Deal (1919-1941) event 2

    An improved standard of living for many, combined with technological innovations in communication, transportation and industry, resulted in social and cultural changes and tensions.

  • Prosperity, Depression, and the New Deal (1919-1941) Thrid Event

    Prosperity, Depression, and the New Deal (1919-1941) Thrid Event
    Movements such as the Harlem Renaissance, African-American migration, women’s suffrage and Prohibition all contributed to social change.

  • Thrid Event of the Cold-War

    Yalta Conference
    May World War II ends in Europe.
    Aug. U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
    Potsdam Conference - Truman - Stalin and British divide up Europe

  • first event of the transformation

    Following World War II, the United States experienced a struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil rights.

  • Second even of the transformation

    The postwar economic boom, greatly affected by advances in science, produced epic changes in American life.

  • Third Event of the Transformation.

    The continuing population flow from cities to suburbs, the internal migrations from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt and the increase in immigration resulting from passage of the 1965 Immigration Act have had social and political effects.

  • First Event of Post- Cold War

    Given the costs of confronting adversaries who have been all too obvious since the beginning of World War II, that is a condition worthy of greater appreciation than it has so far received.

  • Second Event of the Cold-War

    Secretary Baker met with President Gorbachev and Foreign Minister Shevardnadze in Moscow in February 1990. They discussed a range of arms control questions, making progress on conventional, nuclear, and chemical agreements. They also addressed Soviet emigration policy, German unification, and regional issues. On February 10, Secretary Baker testified before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Supreme Soviet.