Period 8: 1945-1980 (College Board AP® US History)
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Contextualizing Period 8
The Cold War from 1945 to 1980
The Red Scare
Economy after 1945
Culture after 1945
Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)
America as a World Power
The Vietnam War
The Great Society
The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)
The Civil Rights Movement Expands
Youth Culture of the 1960s
The Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980
Society in Transition
Glossary: Period 8
The Cold War from 1945 to 1980
The Red Scare
Economy after 1945
Culture after 1945
Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)
America as a World Power
The Vietnam War
The Great Society
The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)
The Civil Rights Movement Expands
Youth Culture of the 1960s
The Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980
Society in Transition
- The Cold War from 1945 to 1980
- The Red Scare
- Economy after 1945
- Culture after 1945
- Early Steps in the Civil Rights Movement (1940s and 1950s)
- America as a World Power
- The Vietnam War
- The Great Society
- The African American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)
- The Civil Rights Movement Expands
- Youth Culture of the 1960s
- The Environment and Natural Resources from 1968 to 1980
- Society in Transition