Baby Boom
What was the effect of the Baby Boom?
Answers:
- Population increased quickly
- Families had more children
What was the purpose of the GI Bill?
Answer: It helped veterans adjust to civilian life after WWII.
Why did suburbs grow quickly after WWII?
Answer: Homes were affordable and highways made traveling easier.
What types of jobs increased after WWII?
Answer: Many factory and construction jobs were created.
What did discrimination help lead to people doing?
Answer: Protests for equal rights.
What was the cause of the baby boom?
Answer: Veterans returning home from World War II
What is one of support did the GI Bill provide (education, housing, jobs)?
Answer Choices:
- Paid for college tuition
- Offered low-interest home loans
- provided unemployment pay for a short time while veterans looked for work.
How did highways help suburban growth?
Answer: New highways made it easier to travel to work.
What social class expanded during this time? (Low, middle, or high)
Answer: Growth of the middle class.
What difficulty did some minority veterans face after WWII?
Answer: Some minority veterans had trouble getting jobs after the war.
Approximately many babies were born during the baby boom?
Answer: 50-100 Million
What was the original name for GI Bill?
Answer: The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944.
What was one major effect of suburbanization?
Answer: It led to increased car use and growth of suburban communities.
How did consumer spending affect the economy?
Answer: Increased consumer spending boosted economic growth.
What movement grew in response to inequality?
Answer: It helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.
When did the Baby Boom Occur?
Answer: 1946 -1964
How did veterans benefit from GI Bill?
Possible Answers:
- Helped veterans pay for college and job training.
- Helped veterans restart civilian lives.
What is suburbanization?
Answer: People moving from cities to suburbs.
What happened to the U.S. economy after WWII?
Answer: It became very strong after World War II.
How were some minority veterans treated unfairly?
Answer: Some veterans could not get the same home loans as others.
Why did many families migrate to suburban areas after WW II
Answer: Desire for better living conditions
What was a flaw of GI Bill?
Answer: Not all veterans benefited equally due to discrimination.
What was one famous early suburb built after WWII? (YOU MAY RESEARCH THIS)
Answer: Levittown
What did people spend more money on in the 1950s?
Answer: Americans began buying more goods like TVs and cars.
How were minorities sometimes treated unfairly under the GI Bill?
Answer: Some were denied home loans and college admission.