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Activity
Mass Production
Length
10 Minutes
Learning Objectives

Students will be able to explain how goods became cheaper and buying power increased

Reading
Why Did World War I Happen?
In this free resource on World War I, explore the causes and effects of the Great War to understand how the conflict shaped world history.
Timeline
Essential Events Between 1900 and 1945
Learn how two world wars and other major historical developments from the Spanish-American War to World War II reshaped global affairs in the first half of the twentieth century.
Mini Simulation
Oregon Boundary Dispute in 1845

How should the United States respond to British naval buildup near the Oregon Country? Explore this historical simulation.

Book Guide
The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century

Henry Wallace is the most prominent progressive American political figure of the 1940s—one who very nearly became president at a critical moment in U.S. and world history.  Benn Steil’s fascinating “What if?” study of Wallace’s eventful career, based on troves of new Russian and FBI archival finds, sheds an important new light on how U.S. and Soviet foreign policy were forged at the dawn of the Cold War.

Simulation
Korean War in 1950 (NSC)
Set in September 1950. Five years after World War II, the Korean Peninsula is under threat of falling to a communist regime.