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The main objective of this AP® United States History Period 8 guide is to show the changes to American society brought on by the aftermath of World War II and the Civil Rights Movement
. An economy damaged by the Great Depression surged back to life, booming for the next three decades and providing the highest standard of living in the world. Politically and militarily, the United States’ role as a superpower—and its competition with the Soviet Union—placed it at the center of world affairs. Socially, the movements for greater equality and freedom for a wide variety of marginalized Americans began.Read more about the Cold War and Second Red Scare, the Vietnam War, and more.
