AP U.S. History / Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980
8.15 Continuity and Change in Period 8
Notes
Change: civil rights laws, expanded government programs, suburbanization, a global US role. Continuity: Cold War containment, debates over government's size, and ongoing inequality.
Practice
A major change during Period 8:
Civil rights laws.
Which policy continued throughout Period 8?
Cold War strategy.
Debates over the size of government in the 1970s led to:
Reagan era.
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