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The Cold War - The Long 1960s | 5

American History Tellers

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The Rise and Fall of the United States

American politics and culture changed dramatically over the course of the Cold War. In 1955 person could still lose their job for socializing with communists But by 1970 anti-war protests filled the streets what happened? How did the United States go from limiting freedom of expression in the name of fighting the Cold War to fighting the concept of war itself? It's a complicated story involving everything from civil rights to the growing conservative movement but no matter how you tell it one thing keeps coming up is that people's ideas were changing about what government should and shouldn't do for Americans.

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