In the Wake of World War II

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This paper presents an overview of the most significant social, political and technological events to take place in America following World War II. The paper touches briefly upon the GI Bill, Civil Rights, nuclear technology, the economy, domestic and international politics and the space age.

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"World War II changed the United States in ways that reached every aspect of society. Even the landscape of the country changed, as the massive industrial resources created for the production of war goods shifted into peacetime activity, bringing about prosperity that gave rise to suburban America, the automobile and a vast network of highways across the country."

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