Chapter 18.2
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The Industrialized
Democracies
America Prospers
Dollar was world’s
strongest currency
Headquarters of U.N was
in NYC
Foreign trade because of
destruction
Many Americans
prospered
Movement to suburbs and
the sunbelt
Action movies/ Elvis
Increase in government
programs
Oil shock
Early 1970’s political
crisis in Middle East
Prices increased
Recession in 1974
Democracy Expands
Opportunities
Minorities and women
demanded equality
Legal segregation
Discrimination
Truman-desegregated
military
1954
Brown v. Board of
Education of Topeka
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
1963 “I have a dream”
Civil rights movement
Laws were changed
Women’s
rights movement
Under JFK and LBJ,
Medicare, housing for poor
1980’s Reagan called for
cutbacks on spending
Military
spending
increased
Increased national budget
deficit
More cuts
Western Europe Rebuilds
40yrs. Of difference in
Germany
Shot if they tried to cross
1990 German unification
W. Germany booming
industry
Britain
abandoned its
colonial empire
Recovered in 50’s/60’s
Social benefits to citizens
Welfare state
Pensions and
unemployment
Higher
taxes
Margaret Thatcher led the
conservatives in Britain
European Coal and Steel
Community
European Economic
Community
Japan Is Transformed
Most devastating damage
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
assumed all of the power from
the emperor
Parliamentary democracy
Education for all
Rights to women
Land
reform program
1952 U.S. left
Trading partners
Liberal Democratic Party
Democracy in Japan
GDP soared
Exports