HISTORY OF THE USA. PART II. 1920’S AND ON.

1920’s- THE GREAT DIPRESSION IN ECONOMY

UNEMPLOYMENT

Recruiting the unemployed.

DEFLATION

PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT INTRODUCES THE NEW DEAL, THE MEASURES

TO BOOST THE ECONOMY.
THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM WAS ESTABLISHED

1939 – WORLD WAR II BEGINS

JAPAN ATTACKS THE PEARL HARBOR

US ENTERS THE WW II
THE US JOINS THE ALLIES: UK, FRANCE AND RUSSIA
STALIN, ROOSEVELT AND CHURCHILL

LEADERS OF THE ALLIES

GERMANY, JAPAN AND ITALY (AXIS) WERE THE ENEMIES FOR THE ALIIES
AMERICAN TROOPS HELPED TO LIBERATE FRANCE

THE OPERATION IN NORMANDY , FRANCE

 NAZI GERMANY

ITALY , COLONNA DELLA LIBERTA’

ADVANCING JAPANESE
 US DROPS 2 NUCLEAR BOMBS OVER JAPAN

WORLD WAR II ENDS

400,000 AMERICANS DIED
IN WW II
CREATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

USA IS A MEMBER OF THE SECURITY

COUNCIL OF THE UNO

THE UNO IS TO PROTECT THE PEACE

 COLD WAR PERIOD:

THE SOVIET UNION WAS FIGHTING FOR

SUPRAMACY

THE USA AND THE USSR DEVELOPED

LARGE NUCLEAR ARSENALS

RUSSIAN INTERCONTINANTAL MISSILE

SOVIET OFFICERS 

THE NATO COUNTRIES OPPOSED THE

COMMUNIST BLOCK
NATO COUNTRIES TODAY

THE USA DEFENDED THE SOUTHERN KOREA

FROM CHINA, THE SOVIET RUSSIA AND THE
NORTHERN KOREA

Southern Korean Flag

NORTH KOREA propaganda POSTER

37,000 AMERICAN SOLDIERS DIED IN
THE KOREAN WAR
 THE SOVIET UNION BUILT NUCLEAR BASES
IN CUBA.

THE US PREVENTED A NUCLEAR WAR.

THE CUBAN CRISIS.

PRESIDENT J. KENNEDY had TALKS

WITH THE SOVIET LEADER
KHRUSHCHEV


AFRICAN-AMERICANS WON THEIR RIGHT TO

VOTE IN 1965, LEAD BY MARTIN LUTHER
KING
Dr. MARTIN KING DELIVERS THE
SPEECH “I HAVE A DREAM”
 VIETNAM WAR: THE US ENTERS THE WAR
TO PREVENT THE COMMUNISTS TAKE OVER
VIETNAM.

VIET CONG REBELS AGAINST THE USA.

VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL

 1969- THE US IS THE FIRST COUNTRY TO
LAND ON THE MOON

NEIL ARMSTRONG- THE 1ST MAN ON

THE MOON!

VIETNAM WAR WAS UNSUCCESSFUL:

58,000 AMERICANS DIED IN THE WAR
ANTI- WAR PROTESTS: AGAINST THE
WAR IN VIETNAM

RICHARD NIXON: WATERGATE – BUGGING

THE DEMOCRATS OPPONENTS’ OFFICE.

NIXON WAS THE 1ST PRESIDENT WHO

RESIGNED.

PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN:

ECONOMIC GROWTH.

ANTI-COMMUNIST MOVEMENT
THAT BRINGS THE FALL OF THE
SOVIET UNION.
 THE COLD WAR ENDS.

AMERICAN CULTURE BECOMES

GLOBAL.

AMERICAN BRANDS.
 AMERICAN VALUES

PRODUCTS

GULF WAR: THE USA STOPPED IRAQ

FROM INVADING KUWAIT
 2001- the terrorists destroy the
WORLD TRADE CENTER.
3000 PEOPLE KILLED.
OBAMA BIN LADEN CLAIMED
RESPONSIBILITY.

THE US STARTED A GLOBAL WAR

AGAINST TERRORISM.

THE US INVADES AFGANISTAN,

DESTROYS THE AL QUEIDA
TRAINING CAMPS AND DISMISSES
THE TALIBAN REGIME
 THE US TROOPS INVADE IRAQ,
SADDAM HUSSEIN’S REGIME IS DISMISSED.

GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS:

COLLAPSE OF LARGE FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS – RECESSION,
ECONOMIC DECLINE,
UNEMPLOYMENT
 BARACK OBAMA, THE 1ST AFRICAN-
AMERICAN PRESIDENT, BEGINS
HEALTHCARE AND FINANCIAL REFORMS
WINNING THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

OSAMA BIN LADEN KILLED IN 2011 – END OF THE IRAQ WAR.

PAKISTAN BY THE US SEALS.

2012- THE USA HAS THE 3RD

LARGEST POPULATION, THE 2ND
LARGEST ARMY AND THE LARGEST
ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.
 THE 2ND LARGEST ARMY IN THE WORLD.

USA – THE ONLY SUPERPOWER.

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 NEW PRESIDENT: DONALD TRUMP.
NEW POLICIES, APPROACHES, EXECUTIVE
ORDERS, NEW PROJECTS.

THE HISTORY WILL SHOW, WHAT IS

CORRECT IN HIS ACTIONS.

HE TRIES TO RE-ESTABLISH GOOD

RELASHIONS WITH THE NORTH KOREA.

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