Baby boom
What was the baby boom
The baby boom was an increase in birth rates after the war
What new medicine was created
Vaccines for polio, rubella, measeles
What did the media consist of
Print, Film, radio
What new vehicles were created
New military tanks and trucks
What was another reason the baby boom was created
Was a campaign to fight communism, by out numbering communist
What new test was created during the cold war
A test to see if the child had down syndrom
What happened to the nuclear power plants after the cold war
Many of the nuclear weapons were disarmed and recycled
What was the affluent society
The affluent society in which material benefits of prosperity are widely avaliable
What is this generation called
Gen X, called the baby boomers
What was a successful surgery
kidney transplant that was performed by Richard and Ronald Herrick
Who were the two Japanese cities that got nuclear bombs dropped on them
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What was the effect of nuclear power
Minning, killed many people and coal was harming to minners
How long were birth rates increasing for
1946-1964
What was a medicine that was created that we still use today
Streptomycin, which was used to treat tuberculosis
What were the U.S strategies that were developed
Operation crossroads
How did the cold war affect international politics in the U.S
The cold war affected international politics by creating new diseases, an increase in birth rate and an increase of demands and services and good
How many babies were approximately born through 1946-1964
85 million
What was the main advance in medicine during this time
Discovery of DNA
How many people were killed or wounded in Hiroshima
150,000 were killed or wounded
How did the cold war affect domestic politics in the U.S
The cold war affected domestic politics by creating new advances in medicine, new transportation, improving the media, and disarming and recycling of nuclear weapons