America: One Nation

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States to permanent European presence (Lecture 28, D4).” This meant the U.S. would need to keep a strong military at hand. The Government sought to maintain its’ military dominance, and further the development of the atom bomb. Thus a nuclear age began.
Before the war, the American people were unsettled by the Great Depression. Unemployment was high. But the Second World War brought a lot of people into the work force, including women. While the men were at war, the women were at work. The standard before had been for men to work, and women to tend to the daily household duties. But women needed to support their families, and joining the workforce provided some economic comfort. And some women just wanted to work.
Supplies were needed throughout the war, and jobs in the manufacturing industry provided a low unemployment rate. People were required for weapons and machinery building for the allied forces. This put money in the pocket of America, and it circulated ...

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they wanted out. Troops did not want to be there either. They would count their days as if it were a jail sentence.
Also during the Vietnam War, another kind of war broke out. A war between the American people and the American Government. The majority of the American people did not want to be in Vietnam. About the same time, minorities were looking to be filtered into society, and rid the United States of the discrimination. Riots broke out in several cities across the nation. The most notorious was that of the Watts Riots. Looting, vandalism, and beatings became far too common. No respect was given to law, and no respect was given to those protected by law. Protesters ...

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