The Great Depression

Lack of regulation in the banking and stock market systems lead to speculation and collapse.


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The Civil Rights Movement

The legacy of slavery in the USA plays out in the mid- 1950s to the present, with   demands for equal rights ensured by knowledgenews.com legislation and judical rulings   .

Immigration

 An immigrant is somebody from another country, say Germany, who comes to settle in the United States. Immigrants coming to the United States may be divided into two distinct periods. They had distinctive reasons for immigration from three native lands, and for choosing North America.                                         

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The VietnamWar

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Like Korea, efforts were initiated in Vietnam to impede the spread of communism

The War On Terror

Mislabeled as a war against a technique, the "War on terror" is in fact a global struggle pitting radical Islamic expansionism against mostly Western style democracies.

World War l

The "war to end all wars."

The nations of Europe aligned against each other

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