Early Suburbs
Suburb Growth
Suburb Results
100
Before citizens began crowding the suburbs, what were the two main reasons for leaving the urban cities?
Congested Living and Crime Rates
100
What was the ideal American life in the suburbs?
Single Family Homes
100
What did cities face due to the suburb movement?
Rapid expansion
200
What allowed for WWII veterans to go and buy houses and cars in the 1950's?
GI Bill of Rights
200
Due to the major popularity of the suburb neighborhoods, what mass production followed?
Cars
200
What changed in family homes from the 1920 urban cites to 1950 suburbs?
Single Family Homes
300
What did the GI Bill of Rights provide?
Low-interest Mortgages
300
Due to the government forming superhighways to reach suburbs easier, what was formed around these highways?
Billboards, Shopping Malls, Retail Businesses
300
What became of superhighways?
Retail businesses and Shopping malls were built, which created downtown district areas for suburbians to shop and work.
400
Who merged mass production with house building to form the suburbs?
William J. Levitt
400
What sparked the rapid expansion of the suburbs?
Downtown City Districts (Work and Shopping)
400
To this present day, what did suburbs add to American life that was not present before the 1900's?
Mass ownership of cars
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