SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS: 1945-1994
Ohio's New Learning Standards: Social Studies
High School American History
Content Statement 28. Following World War II, the United States experienced a struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil rights.
Content Statement 29. The postwar economic boom, greatly affected by advances in science, produced epic changes in American life.
Content Statement 30. The continuing population flow from cities to suburbs, the internal migrations from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt, and the increase in immigration resulting from passage of the 1965 Immigration Act have had social and political effects.Content Statement 31. Political debates focused on the extent of the role of government in the economy, environmental protection, social welfare and national security.
Content Statement 28. Following World War II, the United States experienced a struggle for racial and gender equality and the extension of civil rights.
Content Statement 29. The postwar economic boom, greatly affected by advances in science, produced epic changes in American life.
Content Statement 30. The continuing population flow from cities to suburbs, the internal migrations from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt, and the increase in immigration resulting from passage of the 1965 Immigration Act have had social and political effects.Content Statement 31. Political debates focused on the extent of the role of government in the economy, environmental protection, social welfare and national security.
Columbus Connections
Bibliography
Knepper, George W. Ohio and Its People. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1997.
Lentz, Ed. Columbus: The Story of a City. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Press, 2003.
Ohio History Central. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org.
Shriver, Phillip and Wunderlin, Jr., Clarence E. The Documentary Heritage of Ohio. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2000.
Lentz, Ed. Columbus: The Story of a City. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Press, 2003.
Ohio History Central. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org.
Shriver, Phillip and Wunderlin, Jr., Clarence E. The Documentary Heritage of Ohio. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2000.