After World War II the Federal government continued to affect the welfare and economic conditions of America's workforce. Average hourly earnings more than doubled, even though hours worked per week declined. Congress then passed the Employment act in 1946, which committed the government to take all measures to promote employment, production, and purchasing power. In 1949 child labor was prohibited. In postwar, consumer goods which were not available during the war became in big demand. People who …showed first 75 words of 693 total…

…showed last 75 words of 693 total…information that the Soviets were supplying Castro with nuclear weapons. The US began to weigh their options of fighting and possibly creating a nuclear war if they did not succeed and if they did succeed it would only be temporary. The Cuban Missile Crisis defined the Cold War. It had brought the world to a nuclear war. The Soviets and the US began to realize their mistrust for each other had almost become a holocaust.