Domestic+and+International+Conflicts

__**International Conflicts**__ =__Chapter 27-29 International+Domestic Conflicts__=
 * The War of 1812, a war between U.S. and Great Britain that resulted from British trade restrictions, British support of Native Americans, and Impressionment( Chesapeake+ Leopard Incident).
 * The Napoleonic Wars.
 * Anti-Japanese Prejudice during WWII and Japanese were placed in "relocation camps" because most Americans believed Japanese were conspiring against America.
 * WWII- The world's deadliest wars that resulted in millions dead. The U.S. did not lose as much as Europe, but more than in WWI, men returned home to find that not much in America had changed and the war saw the use of the Atom bomb on Japan.
 * Cold War- U.S. fought against communists in order to prevent them from spreading communism further. The U.S. provided economic aid to weak countries and governments that might well have fallen into the hands of communist parties. This was a period of great hysteria in the U.S. and was characterized by a war in Korea against North Korea.
 * **Increasing racial tensions between whites and people of different races such as mexicans, African-Americans, Asian-Americans and others. Ex: "zoot suit riots."**
 * The fight for more rights for minorities and for gay men and women. Women's liberation movement and civil rights movement Civil rights early 1960s and minorities was from late 1960s to late 1970s.
 * The fight for environmental protection