Postwar Prosperity
This authorized billions of dollars to help veterans set up farms and businesses, go to college, buy a new home, and also provided a full year of unemployment benefits for veterans who could not find work
GI Bill of Rights
Americans were able to buy washing machines, vacuum cleaners, televisions, automobiles, and many other consumer goods because of rising what?
wages
Average output per worker
productivity
After the Great Depression and WWII, the number of births soared
Baby boom
a 1950s person who criticized American culture for conformity and devotion to business
Beatnik
In 1946, labor strikes and soaring prices had helped which party win the majority in both House and Senate since the 1920s
Republicans
Builder William Levitt pioneered new building method
Pre-fabricated homes. cookie-cutter houses. mass-produced housing
a measurement of how well people live based on the amount of goods, services, and leisure time people have.
standard of living
to expect or suppose without proof
presumed
who would the election of 1948?
Harry Truman
In 1946, nationwide there were 8 shopping centers. By the end of the 1950s how many were there?
4000
a general decline in the value of money, was a major postwar problem and modern day problem.
Inflation
communities outside of the cities
suburbs
This moderate president took office in 1952, promising to end the conflict in Korea and lead Americans through the Cold War
Dwight D. Eisenhower
warm climate; good jobs; prosperous economy based on agriculture, oil, and electronics; and national defense industries
to create new ideas for doing something; discovering new places
pioneer
A law that eased the return of World War II veterans by providing education, loans, and employment aid
GI Bill of Rights
What boomed or prospered through the 1940s and 50s.
(Multiple answers possible)
babies and prosperity.
40s population grew by 19 million
50s population grew by 29 million
economy
jobs
productivity
By 1960, 9 out of 10 families living in the suburbs owned a car. Since few people bought foreign cars, what notable American automobile company profited greatly?
General Motors
President Truman's reforms that extended liberal policies and included a higher minimum wage, expanded Social Security, and loans for low-cost housing
Fair Deal
a region stretching across the southern rim of the country
Sunbelt