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1 POSTWAR Prosperity

2 Key Terms Levittown Suburbs G.I. Bill AMERICAN DREAM BABY BOOM
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY ACT 1956 Consumerism Leisure time activities WOMEN’S ROLES IN THE 1950S

3 With the help of the GI Bill, many veterans moved into suburbs
POSTWAR AMERICA After WWII, returning vets faced a severe housing shortage In response to the crisis, developers used assembly-line methods to mass-produce houses Developer William Levitt (Levittown) bragged that his company could build a home in 16 minutes for $7,000 Suburbs were born With the help of the GI Bill, many veterans moved into suburbs

4 G.I. BILL of Rights G.I. Bill (of Rights), also called Servicemen’s Readjustment Act, U.S. legislation passed in that provided benefits to World War II veterans. Through the Veterans Administration (VA), the bill provided grants for school and college tuition, low- interest mortgage and small-business loans, job training, hiring privileges, and unemployment payments.

5 SOCIAL UNREST PERSISTS
African Americans felt they deserved equal rights, especially after hundreds of thousands served in WWII Truman took action in 1948 by desegregating the armed forces Additionally, Truman ordered an end to discrimination in the hiring of governmental employees

6 THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THE FIFTIES
After WWII ended, Americans turned their attention to their families and jobs New businesses and technology created opportunities for many By the end of the 1950s, Americans were enjoying the highest standard of living in the world Ozzie and Harriet reflected the perfect American family

7 THE SUBURBAN LIFESTYLE
Most Americans worked in cities, but fewer and fewer of them lived there New highways and the affordability of cars and gasoline made commuting possible Of the 13 million homes built in the 1950s, 85% were built in suburbs For many, the suburbs were the American Dream The American Dream complete with a white picket fence

8 THE BABY BOOM During the late 1940s and through the early 1960s the birthrate in the U.S. soared At its height in 1957, a baby was born in America every 7 seconds (over 4.3 million babies in ’57 alone) Baby boomers represent the largest generation in the nation’s history How did the birthrate rise and fall during the baby boom years in the US? 1940 2,559,000 births per year 1946 3,311,000 births per year 1955 4,097,000 births per year 1957 4,300,000 births per year 1964 4,027,000 births per year 1974 3,160,000 births per year

9 WHY SO MANY BABIES? Why did the baby boom occur when it did?
Husbands returning from war Decreasing marriage age Desirability of large families Confidence in economy Advances in medicine

10 IMPACT OF BABY BOOM As a result of the baby boom 10 million students entered elementary schools in the 1950s California built a new school every 7 days in the late ’50s Toy sales reached an all-time high in when $1.25 billion in toys were sold

11 WOMEN’S ROLES IN THE 1950S During the 1950s, the role of homemaker and mother was glorified in popular magazines, movies and television

12 WOMEN AT WORK Those women who did work were finding job opportunities limited to fields such as nursing, teaching and office support Women earned far less than man for comparable jobs

13 LEISURE IN THE 1950s Americans experienced shorter work weeks and more vacation time than ever before Leisure time activities became a multi- billion dollar industry Labor-saving devices added more spare time Labor-saving devices provided more leisure time for Americans

14 INTERSTATE HIGHWAY ACT 1956
In 1956 Ike authorized a nationwide highway network – 41,000 miles of road linking America

15 THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
“Automania” spurred the construction of roads linking major cities while connecting schools, shopping centers and workplaces to residential suburbs

16 Trucking is the #1 means of moving cargo in the United States today
IMPACT OF THE HIGHWAY The Interstate Highway system resulted in: More trucking Less railroad More suburbs, further away Trucking is the #1 means of moving cargo in the United States today

17 RISE OF CONSUMERISM By the mid-1950s, nearly 60% of Americans were members of the middle class Consumerism (buying material goods) came to be equated with success and status

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