Watch George Washington University Law Professor Charles Craver discuss the Taft-Hartley Act. Write a one-paragraph summary of the purpose of the act based on Craver’s interview. Include specific details about what the act contains, as well as its relationship to the Wagner Act, also known as the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. Note: You may also want to search on the Internet or in a library for examples of Senator Robert Taft discussing the act in the 1940s. https://www.c-span.org/video/?89234-1/taft-hartley-act

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World War II was one of the most significant events of the 1900s and one of the most important events in US history. Think about how much the United States changed between the Great Depression and the postwar era, when the country had become an economic powerhouse. How did World War II influence and change the identity of the United States throughout the 1900s and into the present? What are some positive and negative changes that occurred in the United States in the years after World War II? (3 sentences)