1. A Time of Prosperity
Chapter 25 Section 2

2. Key Terms
Define: productivity, standard of living, baby boom, inner city

3. Adjusting to Peacetime
GI Bill of Rights: gave veterans money
Congress passes Taft-Hartley act that allows the govt to postpone strikes and banned closed shops (only union members can be hired)

4. Elections Truman wins over Thomas Dewey- 1948
Eisenhower (republican) wins over Adlai Stevenson- 1952
Eisenhower believed the govt should play a smaller role
*Called for cutting
spending, but not
programs helping people
*Interstate Highway Act
of 1956

5. A Changing Society Increased productivity Standard of living rose
Baby boom
People lived longer thanks to new meds
*Polio vaccine
Increase in purchase of automobiles and televisions
*Frozen TV dinners
Rock n Roll: Elvis Presley (blend of blues and country)

6. Signs of Trouble Inner cities became home to the poor
City schools declined
Growing too fast
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