1. The End of WWII Ashby Gentry, Giuse Nguyen, Vanessa Montero, Kayling Allen

2. Economy New Deal 1939 15% unemployed Golden Age Industrialization

3. Attitude Towards World War 2 Ending Proud Relieved Cheerful

4. Children 1946-1964 Baby Boomers 76.4 million

5. Economy 1945-1960 Golden age investment rates output growth low inflation low unemployment

6. Big Government Marshall plan Employment act of 1946

7. Marshall Plan Repair a ruined Europe Rejection of communism Debt to US

8. Communist Tension Red Scare McCarthy Hearings Capitalism troubled

9. Infrastructure Development of railways, international highway, etc.

10. Veteran Treatment WW2 Vets = Heroes Still neglected by hospitals PTSD

11. unemployment rate 3.9% - 5.5% Reasons : President John F. Kennedy expanded Social Security unemployment benefits cut taxes.

12. Average cost of items 1945 new house $4.600.00 a gallon of Gas $0.15 house rent $60.00 per month New Car $1,020.00 Men's Shirt $2.50 Portable Typewriter $68.37.

13. Wages Average 1945:$1,223 1960:$2,219 Minimum 1945: $.40 1960: $1.15

14. middle class good paying job home high wages general prosperity. income growth top 10% by a factor of four to one.

15. Manhattan's Times Square The surrender of Japan August 14, 1945

16. Changes in American Spending Patriotic Americans purchased newer goods. Economy depended on mass consumption.

17. Practical Purchases Americans started purchasing appliances. American life centered on family.

18. Luxuries Americans purchased cars and televisions. Were not a necessity in years prior.

19. Economy Based on Image Americans used consumerism to obscure class divisons. “Picture Perfect” life.

20. Tupperware Salesmen would gain prizes for good work. Reinforced American material desire.

21. Temp Slide Ashby Topics: Changes in consumer lifestyle (New things to buy) Giuse Topics:Infrastructure, Communist Tension, World Economy(Marshall Plan), and Veterans Vanessa Topics: Economy (right before the war ended), Children (Baby boom), Attitude towards the wars ending, Economy between 1945-1960, Kayling Topics: unemployment rate, wages, middle class, Average prices

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