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Public Health, Medical Ethics, and Postwar Science

Chapter 12 of the CLEP History of the United States II study guide on Effortless Math covers Public Health, Medical Ethics, and Postwar Science: the key terms, the core ideas, and worked examples showing how this topic is tested on the exam. CLEP History of the United States II, Chapter 12 Postwar public health joined […]

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Religious Revival, Rock and Roll, the Beats, and Cultural Dissent

Chapter 12 of the CLEP History of the United States II study guide on Effortless Math covers Religious Revival, Rock and Roll, the Beats, and Cultural Dissent: the key terms, the core ideas, and worked examples showing how this topic is tested on the exam. CLEP History of the United States II, Chapter 12 Postwar […]

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Television, Advertising, Consumerism, and Mass Culture

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Postwar Growth, Organized Labor, Automation, and the Service Economy

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The Sunbelt, Internal Migration, and Long-Term Demographic Change

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The Baby Boom, Marriage, Family Ideals, and Women’s Paid Work

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Suburbs, Highways, Redlining, and White Flight

Hand-drawn veterans with a duffel bag unfolding into college, vocational training, and homeownership scenes, showing GI Bill opportunities and unequal institutional access.

The GI Bill, Higher Education, and Postwar Mobility

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The Bay of Pigs, Berlin, and the Cuban Missile Crisis

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Kennedy’s New Frontier and Cold War Development Policy

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Taft-Hartley, the Fair Deal, and the Election of 1948

Hand-drawn hearing microphones, an accusing shadow, a magnifying glass over evidence, and affected employees illustrate McCarthyism and civil-liberties safeguards.

Loyalty Programs, HUAC, McCarthyism, and Civil Liberties