WWII (1 sept. 1939 – 2 sept. 1945)
Description:
RACE• Labor shortages
• A. Phillip Randolph
– Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
– Basically started the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s
– March on Washington (planned)
US Post-War Objectives
Reconstruction of Europe - US helped to rebuild the economies of Western European nations such as France, Great Britain, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, Greece, & Germany
Military Superiority - Originally achieved through a nuclear monopoly, later through nuclear superiority
Containment - US sought to stop the spread of communism
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
1 sept. 1939
2 sept. 1945
~ 6 years