FDR made a promise to Americans in order to try and end the Great Depression, called the New Deal. He input work relief programs, banking reform laws, emergency relief programs, agricultural programs,he added the Social Security Act and Union protection programs. Now to discuss the Cold War. The 2nd world war was between the U.S. and Soviet Union this was caused by Russia going for communism and the u.s. going for capitalism. Americans and Russians spent Bunches of money on weapons and all sorts of things to protect themselves from each other. Conservationism …show more content…
The hippie movement began after JFK's assassination, the hippies were people against the war and limitations they just wanted peace ,Harmony and happiness. They happened to use drugs ex:LSD,heroin, they had sexual orgies,were promiscuous and had their own kind music, they were constantly arrested for their peaceful protests. It because of them drugs of almost all sorts are banned ,as well as discrimination against people based on Ethnicity etc. The Civil Rights Movement ,was because blacks wanted equality and rights same as whites. They had protests,black panthers and marches as well as things like sitins. A sitin was when blacks would sit in white restaurants and try to be served. Several court cases were based on them being segregated and mistreated it is because of this blacks now face less discriminations. Now they have rights and are integrated as well as treated like people and receive the same opportunities as whites. Today, there are even interracial couples. The civil rights movement and the hippie movement practically led to the women's rights movement. Women wanted to be treated fairly they somewhat teamed up with the civil rights movement, a few took sides of the blacks. Due to this women have somewhat equal pay as men and have more rights than ever before. It is because of the women's rights …show more content…
in search for better lives and jobs. These immigrants were ridiculed, and forced to start learning english. The older immigrants that had been there before the new ones looked down on them. Immigrants were treated and considered as if they were stupid. They formed clans by their backgrounds, where they were from, language. 9/11 September 11th, 2001 nearly 3,000 victims were killed by “Osama Bin Laden” destroying the World Trade Center. Nearly 300 firefighters died trying to save people. The terrorists crashed into the Pentagon and destroyed One Wing which was holding the CIA and other government workers. It is because of this that airports are more strict with what people carry on board. Anyone who poses as a threat is now always under surveillance. And now Arabs are are looked at negatively and associated with terrorism automatically.
War on terrorism was when George W bush decided after 9/11 to put a stop to all terrorist threats. That’s when he began enforcing laws such as TSA etc. Osama Bin Laden was “killed” in 2011. Technology advancements where in 1913 when the first Model T Ford was produced, without it there would be no cars today. Appliances such as toasters and ovens began showing up in every American home. Furniture as well as clothes in 1929 became high demanded