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How did the United States reveal its position as a world power in 1950?

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The 1950s were a decade marked by the post-World War II boom, the dawn of the Cold War and the civil rights movement in the United States. “America at this moment,” said the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1945, “stands at the summit of the world
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They revealed their power through military strength. This was a time period in which America sent troops to get involved in the Cold War and Korean War.
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