1. AMERICA ANDTWO WORLDWARS

2. Communism ( URSS) Capitalism ( USA) 3. WORLD WAR I USA Joined thewar in 1917 German attacks German plotWOODROW WILSON 4. WORLD WAR I 5. ROARING TWENTIESThis period began withsome changes in theAmerican culture.In 1920 the dry law(liqueur was banned)was published and itwas the origin ofmafias and gansters 6. FACTS THAT MADE AMERICASTRONGER Free trade European countriesowed money 7. Industrial Rise Credits Ford cars Patrol Roads 8. AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE Land of Progress,Welfare andprosperity Immigrants Wall street 9. RED SCARE Bolshevik revolution Communism KKK Restrictedimmmigration 10. RADIO INFLUENCE Radio and magazines began topresent standardized behaviormodels. Jazz 11. Roaring Finishedin 1929 Therewas the GreatDepression andwall streetcrash1929 12. NEW DEAL 1933 Reformed laws Economic Recovery: The NewDeal stabilized the banks andcleaned up the financial messleft over from the Stock Marketcrash of 1929. It helped the country torecover from economicdisaster and put millions ofdesperate people back towork. Franklin D Roosevelt"I pledge you, I pledge myself,a new deal for the Americanpeople." 13. WORLD WAR II Neutral acts USA joined the war on December 7 th, 1941 whenJapan attacked the naval base Pearl Harbor inHawai 14. WORLD WAR II 15. WORKING WOMEN Women became inworkers and werehired as electricians,welders and riveters indefense plants. 16. D-DAY June 6th 1944 Operation overlord Allies and sovietsvictory 17. The American navyobtained severalvictories against theJapanese.In Europe the Germanswere slowly pushed backon all sides beforesurrendering on may 8th1945 18. END OF THE WAR Although german was defeated, USA was losing thewar in the pacific against Japan The president Harry Truman authorized the atomicbombing in two cities Nagasaki and Hiroshima. It made them surrender 19. POST WAR- COLD WAR 1947-1991 Marshall plan War of ideologies Spying war Revolutions period Not direct attacksform the sides 20. COLD WAR 21. EFFECTS Acquisition of big arsenals The origin of NATO The origin of many armed conflicts End of soviet union 22. POST WAR 1947 MARSHALL PLAN: It was an economicalaid/loan for European Reconstruction TRUMAN DOCTRINE: It was a policy thatsupported the people opressed by communist NATO: Alliance of Militar powers 1949 23. SPYING WAR AND INDIRECT ATTACKS Soviets wanted toexpand thecommunism andAmericans feltuncomforable American got atomicweapons, Soviets didnot like it and they alsoarmed 24. REVOLUTION PERIOD 1949 ChineseRevolution 1950 Korean War 1956 HungarianRevolution 1959 CubanRevolution 1950- 75 Vietnamwar 25. DECLINE OF SOVIET UNION PERESTROIKA:Economical structuresreform GLASNOT: The freemedia broadcasting Mihail Gorbachov