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Cold War Defense Spending and Government Economic Policy

9th Grade · Social Studies · TEKS

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Goal

Evaluate how Cold War defense spending and Great Society-era social policies shaped the U.S. economy and created economic opportunities from the 1950s through the 1970s.

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us-tx113.41(b)(17)(C)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · Social-studies · 9th Grade

describe the economic impact of defense spending on the business cycle and education priorities from 1945 to the 1990s;