american history since 1876

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American history since 1876

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Wars often have a significant impact upon the domestic development of a nation . Every nation at one point or the other has experienced a war of some sort and this has gone a long way in shaping economic , political and social lives of citizens . United States in particular had a fair share of wars especially looking back at the last two or so decades . The World War and the Cold War were very

instrumental in shaping what the United States of America is today . This discussion looks at how these two wars brought about changes in the political , social and economic arenas (Martin , G . S . 2004

The Second World War commonly referred to as World War 2 was conflict in the military that was felt throughout the world by all nations . The Cold War on the other hand was subsequent to the Second World War and it was a conflict between the western region of the world led by U .S and the Soviet Union . The effects of the world war were evident in many countries and United States was no exception . The effects were both negative and positive . They were negative in the sense there was a lot of destruction of property and many lives were lost . However there are also many positive effects in that many developments were achieved . The first notable development was in the area of technology . It is during the...