United States History Civil War to The Present

From 1946 to 1965 the United States was facing the effects of the Cold War. The war was considered one of their ways of life. The biggest effect of this was evident among the middle class individuals who were rising to be the social class popular. From 1945 to 1963, the births in the United States were almost 70 million babies. This was an increase as compared to the numbers between 1928 through 1944. With the experience from the war, the Americans were better than they were in the past. This could count to a party because of the economic boom that had swept the nation after the Second World War ended. This economic boon was led by changes in construction industry, automobile as well as defense industries. These economic changes lasted for only twenty-five years. All the above changes in American culture were attributed to the start of the cold war. In 1947, Harry Truman had been the president for United States for two years; however, as a Vice President under Franklin Roosevelt regime he has hid the President about foreign and military objectives (Brody, David, Lynn, and Susan 12).

The united States Joined World war II with the resources they had at their disposal and came out with world power. When the war started, President Roosevelt developed the Neutrality acts, which kept United States out of war (Timothy 617). This was not until Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and United States decided to take part in the War and amalgamated the Allies. The Americans joined the War without military bases and world’s market to apply its will. The United States took control all the experience, resources, and power it gained in the Cold wars.

After defeating Japan, the United States took control of economic and political control in Asia. The United States took control of the empire in Europe and swapped it as the main powerhouse in Middles east where United States took control of major Oil reserves. The Americans developed the United Nations to increase its role and created the World Bank and IMF (International Monetary Fund). The Americans built empires in Europe out of ruins of Europe’s exiting colonies by backing regions doctorial leadership like that of The Shah of Iran and Mobutu in Zaire. This gave America advantage over other countries that also completed for the same resources and world market.

History states that conflicts that exists between nations cannot be avoided. Even the smallest countries in the world need military protection. However, few countries in the world have been involved in cross conflicts with other nations for more than fifty years and been in a battle with each other. The Russians and the American had been friend for more than a century, then on December 1917 when the communist took power, formed the Soviet Union, and announced a biological for the states in the west, at this time they started developing enmity with the United States. The United States did not recognize the Soviet Union until 1933. The two countries went into war in World War II hand in hand to fight the Germans as allies.

In 1944, the Soviet Union and the United States broke their long time alliance because they had two different political systems. The two countries had a very bad history, but the USSR moved to Europe the United States afforded not to overlook the country. One of the individuals that the two countries was grateful about was Winston Churchill after the he divided the line between Europe’s iron curtain and USSR satellite. The United states were aware that if the left the creeping Communism it would be worse in the future. The two nations completed for everything that appeared worth from how well their sportsmen performed on the Olympics as well as the size of their empires. The dangerous competition that both United States and the Soviet Union went into was the Arms Race. The made people to develop fear for possible war due to previous war experiences that started in such manner.

After several years of conflict, the United States knew that competition with the USSR would not be a solution to end of communism. President Truman came up with the Containment Policy; that stated that the Americans would help the people forced to become soviet satellite in Europe. The United States started this policy implementation with Turkey and Greece. In order to manage the plan, President Truman idea was funded with $400 million in aid. To date Greece and Turkey remain the states were Democracy started.

Just after the accomplishment of the Containment policy, the Americans once again reached another new plan; the Marshall Plan. In the plan, the United States helped countries who had not gained social, political, and economic wellbeing after the Cold War. The mission of the plan as instigated by marshal was to resuscitate a working economy in the World. This was considered as a solution to end the communism as the communist relied on countries that were unstable. The Americans spend more than $13 billion into the plan, but it was considered money well spent.

America was established more than 200 years ago and since then, it has grown into one of the most powerful nations in the world. Currently, the United States stands as the globe’s oldest country, and one among the countries seriously holding morals of its constitution. The concept that makes America where it is today is the state’s representation of the people by it leaders using its constitutional Law. It is not possible to identify the development of United States by not recognizing the Steps it has made to be where it is today. The US is one of the countries that have contributed extensively to Globalization. America’s development is attributed to several ideas driven with different individuals or groups, but there are three specific events that contributed to United States current expansion and growth. The well-established constitution and Jacksonian democratic engineered projects led to United States current development and Growth. In addition, the Gold rush and Success in the World Major Wars also played part.

Around forty year, the war between United States and Mexico erupted. The war was driven western expansion Idea. The conflict started when Mexico claimed that Texas was under their territory following the United States annexation (Mary 3). After several years of conflict, the treaty of Guadalupe awarded the United States with the victory with various other states under Mexico Possession. For a price of more than $15 million, the boundary between Mexico and Texas was marked by Rio Grande River while New Mexico and California was given to United States (America). This treaty expanded United States by more than 600,000 square miles. The treaty of Guadalupe and purchase of Louisiana indicated the capabilities of United States expansion of the American Western region or Expansion.

At last, the Gold Rush was a very vital time in the course of American history that brought both positive and negative conditions, also offered one of the greatest developmental achievements of the time. In fact, the period can be viewed as one of the most significant attributes of patent destiny by enticing more than a million people to America especially California in search for gold. The number of people in the city was a loud laugh for economical expectations of United States since some of the people who did not get gold remained in the country and invested what they had come with. James Marshall’s was the first person to discover Gold in Sutter’s Mill in 1848 in California, just after his discover, the word moved first about the rare element (Holden, Robert, and Eric 15). More people started flooding into California and precisely, San Francisco. After these discover racial diversity started as people from other parts of the world such as Europe, South America and Asia moved to the single State. The travels and demand assisted to develop and transform America’s economy. Communication was one of the ideal aspects in the economy of United States at that time hence books industries and the newspaper roared in manufacturing. The production of the print and audio media exceeded those of the prior competitors, leaving Francisco as the center for development and production for several years.

The America’s history of expansion and development is no doubt a step towards globalization of the country. The path that America has taken is more of a linear one. With the ideas and the manifestations of destiny that sparked the idea of western development and expansion, America engaged in all that acts fueled with desire to make a change from its old past. A combination of wars and treaties rewarded with more territories and land that it did not have before. As more people began to move to the west, the United States developed rapidly as compared to other countries or nations such as Canada. Additionally, the period of the Gold Rush brought people from the rest of the world to the United States and brought racial diversity. By the choices and decisions of many, the Americans made and positive history hence technological advancement and other impacts of globalization (Frederick 17).

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