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The United States and the Soviet Union emerged as rival superpowers within the aftermath of World
War II. During the Cold War, the 2 countries faced each different circuitously inside the fingers race, the
Space Race, propaganda campaigns, and localized wars in opposition to communist expansion. In the
1960s, in huge part because of the energy of the civil rights movement, some other wave of social
reforms changed into enacted which enforced the constitutional rights of balloting and freedom of
motion to African Americans. The Cold War ended whilst the Soviet Union become formally dissolved,
leaving the United States as the sector's sole superpower. Foreign coverage after the Cold War has
frequently centered on many cutting-edge conflicts inside the Middle East, in particular in response to
the September 11 assaults. Early inside the 21st century, america skilled the Great Recession and the
COVID-19 pandemic, which had a terrible effect at the neighborhood financial system.
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