Homecoming, the GI Bill & the Booms
More mariages created?
More babys/birth;Baby Boom
What were build for growing families to get food?
What are Supermarkets?
In what year did multiple strikes start to happen?
1946
What was the aftermath in the workforce after men’s return from war?
Women and teens pushed out of factory jobs; women put into more domestic roles and teens stay in school
What was the era called when it was the birth of computers?
What is the ENIAC Era?
What did the GI Bill fund?
Education, job training, and low-interest mortgages.
Standard menus and branding spread nationwide are the characteristics of
What is a Franchise?
What reasons did Coal miners, Steelworkers, and United Auto Workers go on Strike?
Better wages, energy supply, and pay tied to productivity
This group of children filled classrooms in the 1950s
Baby boomers
What were medical advancements in the mid 1950s?
What is the polio vaccine, antibiotics, and new surgical techniques?
What was the result of all the new families needing homes?
The suburbs being created, new families needing cars.
What is the Style of Standardized housing called?
What is Levittown-style construction slashes costs and speeds building?
What did the Taft-Hartley Act do?
Restricted union practice and allowed state right to work laws
What are examples of modern high school culture?
Clubs, sports, prom, yearbooks
What were medical advancements in the mid 1950s?
What is the polio vaccine, antibiotics, and new surgical techinques?
Both the economic boom (jobs) and the population boom (baby boom) caused what with the government?
The Renforcing Loop (More Spending)
Examples of Big Industry include
What are conglomerates scale appliances, autos, and electronics?
How was the Fair Deal's vision stopped by strikes?
It delayed the passing of laws like education aid and national health insurance
What are the outdoor entertainment venues that brought car culture to South Jersey?
Drive-in theaters
How did travel times from cities to suburbs shrink?
Local roads, state routes, turnpikes, and highways
What was 2 designs included in a suburban home?
Lined Lawns and Picket Fences
TV ads drive desire for cars, appliances, and brand names. Credit expands purchases; malls appear near South Jersey suburbs are all examples of....
What is Consumer Culture?
How did Congress blocking national health insurance and civil rights bill cause strikes?
Many people felt that these were basic necessities to work and wouldn’t work without them.
These three roadside services expanded as families drove long distances needing rest and dining.
Howard Johnson’s, Holiday Inn, and Travelodge
What did Innovation do?
Accelerates home life, industry, and health outcomes