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1950's

During the 1950s, American politics experienced many troubling events and underwent great changes. The Arms Race affected not just politics but the general population. It started as a foreign policy that lasted well over 40 years. Next to the Arms Race was the Red Scare. Many Americans feared that the government had been infiltrated by communists, which created great hysteria. Eventually this lead to a change of leaning towards conservatism. In addition, the '50s gave birth to the beginning of the civil rights movement. All these subsequent events greatly influenced our political system for the next four to five decades, profoundly changing our view of the world.
The end of the Civil War began a long period of Republican domination. The party's close identification with the Union victory in the war secured it the allegiance of most Northern and Midwestern farmers, while its support of protective tariffs and its accommodating attitude toward big business eventually gained it the suppo...

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