Population Boom
A population boom had more marriages which led to…?
More babies causing the Baby Boom
---------- Housing
Standardized Housing
What did cars become a symbol for?
Symbols of freedom and status
Who lost jobs when men got back from war?
Women and teens
Who were the people involved in the strike wave?
Steelworkers, United Auto workers,and Coal Miners
When was the U.S. birth surge?
1946-1964
-----,-------,and ------ fed rising demand
Supermarkets, chains, and catalogs
What did the highway system do?
Shrank travel time and connected suburbs to cities
What was encouraged of teenagers?
To attend and stay in school
ENIAC- era machines inspire business date processing and defense computing foundations- was what device?
Early computers
What did more mortgage access and highways do?
Move from cities to newly built suburbs
What now defies daily life?
Family brands and “copy-and-paste¨ neighborhoods
What did roadside services do?
Hotels, Inns, etc. would increase to provide dining and rest after a long travel
What generation filled the classrooms?
Baby boomers
What went from a novelty to a necessity, showing nightly news, ads, and sitcoms that would shape consumer habits?
The television
What did the G.I. Bill fund?
-Education, job training, and low interest mortgages that built American middle class
What did TV ads draw desire for?
cars,appliances, and brand names
What was auto ownership?
One car per family with GM, Ford, or Chrysler
Secondary-schools hit highs with what?
Enrollment and graduation
What was the point of the strike wave?
Workers wanted wages that match rising consumer prices
What was the Reinforcing Loop?
More people need more goods ---> more jobs ---> more spending
Standard branding and menus spread through what business area nationwide
Franchises
What did highways reshape?
Where people lived, shopped and worked
What starts to hint towards modern day high school culture?
clubs, sports, prom, and yearbooks
What did the Taft-Hartley Act (1947) consist of?
Restricted union practices (closed shops, secondary boycotts) and allowed state right-of-work laws (cool off periods)