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Segregation & Discrimination
•President Truman desegregated the military
•1954, Brown v. Board of Education▫Segregated schools were unconstitutional
SeparationUnequal treatment
or barriers
Civil Rights•1956, Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as
Civil Rights leader•Boycotts & peaceful marches
1963
Congress outlawed public segregation, protected voting rights, & required equal access to housing
& jobs
Government’s Role
•FDR, Social Security
•JFK & Lyndon Johnson (democrats) increased government’s role▫Offered housing for the poor▫1965, Congress funded Medicare & Medicaid
Government’s Role
•Ronald Reagan (Republican)•Trickle-down
1981-1989
Reaganomics
•Reduce gov’t spending•Reduce fed. income tax•Reduce gov’t regulation•Tighten money supply
• Reduce inflation
Increased military
spending
Western Europe Rebuilds•W. Germany (with help from the Marshall
Plan) built modern industrial base▫Economic miracle
•Britain had slow recovery▫Abandoned colonial empire overseas
•France lost colonial wars & country was demoralized
•But US $ helped them modernize & standard of living improved
Welfare States•Many European political parties•Welfare states= country with a market
economy but increased government responsibility for social & economic needs of the people
•High taxes & increased government regulation
European Unity•European
Community: organization dedicated to establishing free trade among member nations for all products
▫Gradually ended tariffs
▫Allowed workers & capital to move freely across borders
Japan•US helped the Japanese create new
constitution▫Took away all political power from the
emperor▫Land reform▫Education reform
1952, US & Japan sign peace treaty
US leaves
Keeps military bases & in return protects Japan with
nuclear weapons
Remain close trading partners
- Eventually competitorsEconomic miracle
Exports
•What was one positive outcome from having to rebuild completely after WWII?
•With US protection, how much do you think countries like W. Germany & Japan spent on their military?
▫Where could they put that money instead?
China’s Communist Revolution
•Mao Zedong▫Lead communists in civil
war against Nationalists▫Had support of huge
peasant population
•Set up a communist one-party totalitarian state▫People’s Republic of
China
Great Leap Forward•1958-1960•Urged a superhuman effort to increase
farm & industrial output•Organized farmland into communes
▫Disaster
▫Produced low quality goods▫People lost incentive
▫Food shortage An estimated 55 million Chinese starved to
death
Commonly owned & operated
farm
China, Cold War’s “Wild Card”•With China, Communists now had control of
1/5 of the world’s population• …But, China &
Soviet Union didn’t trust each other US played the China
card
US could isolate the Soviets
1979, US set up diplomatic relations with
China
Korea•Independent until Japan conquered it in
1900s•After WWII, Soviets & US divided it
▫Soviets supports Kim Il Sung in the North (Communist)
▫US supported Syngman Rhee in the South (Dictator, but not communist)
Both leaders wanted complete rule
Korean War•June 1950, North Korea attacked
South Korea•UN invaded to help the South•November, China gets involved
to help the North
•Stalemate•1953, Both sides sign an
armistice
DMZ: Demilitarized
zone
•
Two Koreas
•South Korea had economic boom