US History simple timeline: Difference between revisions

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** called the "Constitutional Convention
** called the "Constitutional Convention
** it is sent to the states for "adoption" (agreement of each state to join)
** it is sent to the states for "adoption" (agreement of each state to join)


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|post-Cold War "new world order"
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* after the collapse of the Soviet Union, all nations were more free to trade and invest in each other
* China, especially, embraced the new conditions and opened itself as a manufacturing base
** other countries also experienced rapid economic growth
* however, wars, disease, famines, persist into the world of today, including
** US involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq wars
** civil wars in Africa, Myanmar, eastern Europe
** political instability across the Mideast
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