1. The Industrial Democracies
Section 15-2

2. U.S.A: Prosperity and Change
Postwar Boom
Suburbanization-expansion of population from urban areas
Expansion of Federal Government/programs

4. 1970s and 1980s
Recessions- downturns in economic activity
1973 Oil Embargo ended decades of postwar prosperity

6. Civil Rights Movement
Segregation-the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.

7. Discrimination- the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex

8. 1965 Civil Rights Act
Martin Luther King Jr.

9. Extension of Civil Rights
Women
Handicapped
Hispanics
Asians
Gay Rights

11. Expansion of Federal Role
Social programs
Education
Business Regulation
Environmental Regulation

13. Reagan Revolution
Smaller government
Reaganomics
Reduction of Federal role

15. Western Europe Rebuilds
British/French economic miracles
European Community-Common Market evolves into European Union

16. Marshall Plan
Rebuild the economies of Europe

17. Welfare state
government protects the health and well-being of its citizens, especially those in financial or social need, by means of grants, pensions, and other benefits. AKA Social Democracy

19. Welfare state
Social welfare programs brought high taxes and more government regulation.

20. 1989 Reunification of Germany

21. Japan - Export economy

22. Efficiency

23. Educated workforce

24. Trade Surplus

25. Rise in GDP
Low Military Budget