GI Bill
What did the GI Bill provide to returning World War II veterans?
What are education, low-interest home loans, and unemployment benefits
What is redlining?
What is the discriminatory practice of denying loans or insurance based on neighborhood racial composition?
What is a suburb?
What is a residential community located outside a city?
What economic trend characterized the U.S. in the 1950s?
What is postwar economic prosperity or a booming economy?
What is the Baby Boom?
What is the dramatic increase in births between 1946 and 1964?
Which group of Americans was largely excluded from fully benefiting from the GI Bill
Who are African Americans?
How did redlining impact African American families economically?
What is it limited their ability to build generational wealth through homeownership?
Name the most famous postwar suburbs built in New York(hint: starts with L)
What is Levittown?
What allowed Americans to buy more consumer goods in the 1950s?
What is rising incomes?
Why did the Baby Boom happen after WWII?
What is because people felt more economically secure?
How did the GI Bill contribute to the growth of suburbs in the 1950s?
What is by making home ownership more affordable for veterans
How did redlining shape the racial makeup of suburbs?
What is it kept Black families out of many suburban areas?
What was the average cost of a single family home in the suburbs during the 1950s?
What is around $10,000?
What was one popular item purchased by American during the consumer booms of the 1950s?
What is a television, car, washing machine, or refrigerator?
What are people born during the Baby Boom often referred to as in popular culture?
What are 'boomers'?
Name one long term effect of the GI Bill on American Society?
What is the expansion of the middle class or increased college education rates?
After redlining was made illegal, what prevented Black families from moving into previously all white neighborhoods?
What is they did not have the economic means(money) to move into historically white neighborhoods?
Name one pro or benefit of suburban life in the 1950s
What is greater community, affordable home ownership, spacious living, or good schools?
What is military spending and investments infrastructure?
How did the Baby Boom impact consumer spending in the 1950s?
What is increased consumer spending?
Why was the administration of GI Bill benefits often unequal across the country?
What is because local and state agencies could enforce racial discrimination?
Explain how redlining still affects communities today
What is by contributing to racial wealth gaps and underfunded schools and services in historically redlined areas?
Why were suburban homes in the 1950s so affordable?
What are homes were built mass produced and built very quickly?
How did the prosperity of the 1950s mask deeper inequalities in American society?
What is not everyone benefited equally- racial minorities were often left out?
Explain how the baby boom contributed to economic prosperity in the 1950s.
What is by increasing consumer demand and consumption, fueling housing markets, and creating more jobs?