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The Golden Age

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Guvani

The rising popularity of TV in 1953

Between 1953 and 1960, there was an important change called the “golden age”.  It was a period of peace, harmony, stability and prosperity.  Most Americans, during the golden age lived better than their parents and grandparents in areas such as housing, income, education, diet and recreation. Numerous innovations also came into widespread use in these years, transforming Americans daily lives. These innovations include television, automatic dishwashers, inexpensive long distance telephone calls, home air conditioning and jet air travel. Moreover, services like electricity, central heating and indoor plumbing that only the rich had enjoyed has now became features of ordinary citizens.

An event that was responsible for this change in the golden age was the ‘Cold War”. This is the term used to describe the relationship between America and the Soviet Union. Neither side ever fought the other but they did ‘fight’ for their beliefs using client States who bought for their beliefs on their behalf.  This resulted into the golden age because great tasks were accomplished and mankind lived better lives.

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The Collapse of Soviet Empire 1991

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Yan

This is a video about the fall of “Iron Curtain”, a term described by British Prime minister; Winston Churchill. In the early 1990s, the fall of Soviet Union Empire has startled people from all over the world. The collapse of Soviet Empire was an important historical event during the early 1990s to the United States, because it symbolized the end of the Cold War. During the Cold War, the United States tried and used many methods to help the countries in Europe to prevent the spread of communism . After the collapse of Soviet Empire, it was a big relief for the Americans.

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Fall of Berlin Wall

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Olympi

The fall of the Berlin wall happened in 1989, it represented the beginning of the end of communism and the Soviet Union. It also signaled the end of the Cold War, which the US and USSR were both building an arsenal of nuclear weapons that could have destroyed the entire world.

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Ping Pong Diplomacy

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Jing

This picture is found from website of http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-03/27/content_553570.htm Two players, America’s Errol Resek and China’s Xu Shaofa, take part in a training session on the 1971 tour of Beijing. (“Chinadaily”)

The original creator of the image snapshot friendly exchange of table tennis (ping pong) skills between two players. In fact, it was not a simply table tennis exchange. In 1971-1972, Chinese and U.S. table tennis teams exchanged visits to each other, which is praised as “ping-pong diplomacy” in the history of Sino-US relations. The visits had opened up the door of friendly civilian exchange between two countries since 1949. It helped end the Cold War between Beijing and Washington. The tour paved the way for Richard Nixon’s visit to Beijing in 1972.

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