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US History Overview 3 - WWII to Vietnam

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This video brings viewers up to modern history (1975) after taking them through WWII, the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War. Although the timeline's format may seem straightforward, viewers will be engaged by the bright text and relevant pictures. This resource provides just enough information to develop a firm grasp on the most important events of the 20th century.

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the bay of pigs, cuba, adolf hitler, nazism, the cuban missile crisis, the cold war, franklin d. roosevelt, united states presidents, john f. kennedy, d-day, world war ii, hiroshima, nagasaki, pearl harbor, apollo 11, communism, sputnik, the korean war, the soviet union, the vietnam war
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apollo 11, bay of pigs, bolshevik revolution, cold war, communism, cuban missile crisis, cuban revolution, d-day, doctrine of appeasement, fdr, franklin d. roosevelt, hiroshima, hitler, invasion of normandy, john f. kennedy, korean war, nagasaki, nazis, pearl harbor, soviet union, sputnik, vietnam war, chancellor of germany, yuri gagarin, social studies
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Classroom Considerations
  • This video is hosted on YouTube