The greatest change I made to my story of the history of the United States was decreasing the amount of information about events before reconstruction. I made this change, because the focus of this class was on events that occurred past the Civil War. With the extra space I made multiple changes. In particular I included information about events and policies and still affect the United States today, such as programs created in the New Deal and immigration after the Hart-Cellar act. This information was added because history is just not events that occurred in the past, but decisions that influence the overall story of the United States. Throughout the story I added causes behind events, because without understanding the causes behind events
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After the war, the country experienced economic prosperity during which the stock market and credit system was frequently used, and large industries flourished. Nevertheless, by the end of 1929 as the economy spiraled down into the Great Depression. In response to the Great Depression, FDR created new deal programs, some of these programs such as Social Security are still in use. However, problems continued as America was thrown into World War II after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The United States formed an alliance with Great Britain and the Soviet Union to stop the German forces. On the home front, the scope of the government increased dramatically and the need for wartime production, allowed women to become actively involved in the work force. World War II ended after Japan was hit by atomic …show more content…
and others. From 1965 there has been the largest wave of immigration in American history, which has brought increased diversity to America. In the last fifty years the economy has shifted from an industrial to a service economy, and has experienced periods of prosperity and recession. Increased development of technology in the 1990s, has changed how America functions. At the beginning of century there was the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, which led to the Bush doctrine, policies based on fighting terrorism, which in return led to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Barack Obama became the first African American president in 2009. Today we still face some of the same challenges in the past; however, as throughout American history, the people will continue to be
After the war, the country experienced economic prosperity during which the stock market and credit system was frequently used, and large industries flourished. Nevertheless, by the end of 1929 as the economy spiraled down into the Great Depression. In response to the Great Depression, FDR created new deal programs, some of these programs such as Social Security are still in use. However, problems continued as America was thrown into World War II after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The United States formed an alliance with Great Britain and the Soviet Union to stop the German forces. On the home front, the scope of the government increased dramatically and the need for wartime production, allowed women to become actively involved in the work force. World War II ended after Japan was hit by atomic …show more content…
and others. From 1965 there has been the largest wave of immigration in American history, which has brought increased diversity to America. In the last fifty years the economy has shifted from an industrial to a service economy, and has experienced periods of prosperity and recession. Increased development of technology in the 1990s, has changed how America functions. At the beginning of century there was the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, which led to the Bush doctrine, policies based on fighting terrorism, which in return led to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Barack Obama became the first African American president in 2009. Today we still face some of the same challenges in the past; however, as throughout American history, the people will continue to be