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demobilization
More than 16 million Americans had served in thearmed forces during World War II. Demobilization, thedismantling ofthe huge United States war machine, wasa daunting task, somewhat like trying to reverse the directionofa river's flow.
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economic growth
- gross national product total value of a countrys goods and services
- -1940 $100billion
- -1950$300billion
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Wage/ Price issues
- average factory workers salary
- -1950 $3,302.00
- -1960 $5,352.00
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real income
is the amount of income earned taking into account an increase in prices
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discretionary income
is money to buy what people want and need
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advertising
- 87% of families owned at least 1 TV set
- fast growing industry
- became an art form
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the G.I bill
- In addition to educational benefits, the GI Bill offered low-interest mortgages to veterans who wanted to purchase homes.The GI Bill allowed millions of Americans to achieve a standard of living that was generally better than that of their parents.
- -College buildings(more people going to school)
- -Educational Benefits (assisting veterans to pay for school)
- -Low interest mortagages
- -home owners
- 1940 44%
- 1950 62%
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conglomerates
firms that have holdings in a variety of unrelated industries
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corporate ladder
white collar jobs people try to climb the corporate ladder
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service sector and farms
- mechanics, repair men,(blue collar)
- farms became big businesses
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automobile culture
- america starts to become fast pace, tourism went up
- 58 million cars sold
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clubs/services
drivethrough resteraunts, drive in movies, be part of country club if you are in corporate ladder
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highway act of 1956
build highways roads, have traffic be smoother opens tourism and stores
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growth of suburbia
GI bill and automobile growth, highways
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white flights
migration from cities to suburbs they moved to get away from racism
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de facto segregation
wasn't documented segregation it just happened
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baby boomer post-world war II
5-6 years war people didn't do anything when they came back they get back to the business of having families which happens and population exploded 17.83 million americans born during this time a new baby was born every 7 seconds
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the economy prospered
needed to produce more when babies needed diapers, college/need shools
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education increased
built new school every 7 days in california
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things were mass produced
children were the main part of our society so lots of toys clothes and TV shows made for them
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medical advancements what did Dr. Jonas Stalk do
creates a vaccine for polio open to the public on april 1955
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Dr.Benjamin spock's theory
urges mothers to create a warm and trusting atmosphere for their children so they can grow into happy well adjusted adults women agreed that they should stay home
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why were women pressured to leave the workforce
so veterans could have their jobs
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why were masses of people moving to the suburbs
- larger families => more space, escape dirt and crime, more land and nature, GI bill , highways made commute easier, prejudices against african and hispanic americans
- GI bill+ gave low interest loans
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levitown
The Levitt family began and perfected their home construction techniquesduring World War II with contracts to build housing for the military on the East Coast. Following the war, they began to build subdivisions for returning veterans and their families. Their first major subdivision was in the community of Roslyn on Long Island which consisted of 2,250 homes. After Roslyn, they decided to set their sights on bigger and better things.he potato fields located 25 miles east of Manhattan on Long Island was named Levittown, and the Levitts began to build a huge suburb. The new development ultimately consisted of 17,400 homes and 82,000 people.
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levitown continued
built 10600 homes in 3 years, all homes cost 7,990
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truman doctrine ( a belief)
it said the US is ging to oppose communism anywhere in the world
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communism
everybody's equal the gov. regulates everything
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the house un- american activities committee
looking for communists and taking them out
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