A Bridge to 21st century
Following are the main points of A Bridge to 21st century taken from US History Book by State Department. THE 1992 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION President George Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle easily won re-nomination by…
Category: US History
The New Conservatism and a New World Order
Following are the main points of The new conservatism and a New World Order taken from US History Book by State Department. A SOCIETY IN TRANSITION By the mid-1980s, nearly three-fourths of all employees worked…
THE WAR IN VIETNAM
Following are the main points of THE WAR IN VIETNAM taken from US History Book by State Department. Dissatisfaction with the Great Society came to be more than matched by unhappiness with the situation in…
Decades of Change: 1960s-1980s
Following are the main points of Decades of Change: 1960s-1980s taken from US History Book by State Department. ENVIRONMENTALISM The energy and sensibility that fueled the civil rights movement, the counterculture, and the New Left…
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1960-1980
Following are the main points of THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1960-1980 taken from US History Book by State Department. The struggle of African Americans for equality reached its peak in the mid-1960s. After progressive victories…
Postwar America
Following are the main points of Postwar America taken from US History Book by State Department. CONSENSUS AND CHANGE For US Leaders, as for publisher Henry Luce of Time magazine, this was the “American Century.”…
The New Deal and World War II
Following are the main points of The New Deal and World War II taken from US History Book by State Department. ROOSEVELT AND THE NEW DEAL In 1933 the new president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, brought…
War, Prosperity and Depression
Following are the main points of War, Prosperity and Depression taken from US History Book by State Department. WAR AND NEUTRAL RIGHTS By 1915 U.S. industry, which had been mildly depressed, was prospering again with…
Discontent and Reform
Following are the main points of Discontent and Reform taken from US History Book by State Department. AGRARIAN DISTRESS AND THE RISE OF POPULISM The first organized effort to address general agricultural problems was by…
Growth and Transformation
Following are the main points of Growth and Transformation taken from US History Book by State Department. Between two great wars — the Civil War and the First World War, United States was transformed from…