Cold War Era Research Paper

The Time Period of A Distressed Society Without history, I cannot imagine what our world or society would be like. Many events, revolutions, wars, and reformations have taken place throughout the course of history, but the era that stands out to me is the World War II and the Cold War era that lasted from 1929-1991. This was the time period where communism fell, big economic and social changes were happening, opportunities for women increased, and civil rights of racial minorities group expanded. Each time period has a specific law, piece of literature, and an artist that play a huge role in that part of history. In this paper I will summarize the Executive Order 9066, George Orwell’s book 1984, and Mark Rothko’s Color- Field works. I will then explain their significance for the world today. After the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor, U.S President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Executive Order 9066 which went into effect on February 19th, 1942. This order authorized the Secretary of War to remove any or all people from military areas “as deemed or desirable”. The United States government decided to turn its focus
An example of the “Executive Order” in our world today is President Donald Trump not allowing Muslim population to enter the United States, I understand that he is trying to protect the United States, but not all Muslims deserve to be banned from the country. If the Muslims haven’t done anything wrong (especially if they are trying to gain citizenship into the United States and haven’t caused any problems), banning them from the country is doing an injustice to them, just like it was wrong to force the Japanese-Americans out of their homes. It shows how the United States government uses its power, and at times, they base their decisions on assumptions instead of actually doing