1. Topic: Assessing Post WW II- America (1945-1950)
Do Now:
“America as it is now is the result of the Second World War. Its status as an economic and military superpower was earned during WW II, and has lasted since that period.”
_Defend or Refute the above statement

2. Economic Issues Post War Economic Boom Permanent war economy?
Doubling of national income
Growth of middle class
Permanent war economy?
Americanized Consumerism
France vs. Coco-cola
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (1944)
GI Bill
Veteran’s Administration

3. A Social Trend…

4. Levittown… growth of Suburbia

5. Social Changes Women in the workforce Baby Boom Sunbelt Growth
Social “ideals” vs. reality
Baby Boom
Reasons…
Dr. Spock
Sunbelt Growth
South and West
“Rustbelt” decline
Growth of Suburbia
Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
Levittown
“White Flight”

6. Fears of Communism 2nd Red Scare George f. Kennan Assessment of USSR
Communists and “Subversives”
HUAC
Alger Hiss case ( )
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Case
Assent of “McCarthyism”
Truman’s “Loyalty Tests”
NSA & CIA created
McCarran Internal security Bill (1950)

7. Truman vs. Conservative Backlash
Truman vows to keep up FDR reforms
Republicans dominate congress (Robert Taft)
Taft-Hartley Act
1948 Presidential election
Dewey vs. Truman
“Give ‘em Hell”
Truman wins  farmers, southerners, etc.
Failure of Fair Deal
Desegregation of the Armed Forces
NSA, CIA created

8. Conclusion
In what ways did the events of today’s lesson set the stage for “Modern America”? Give specifics in a paragraph.