Changes in American Society, Post-WWII

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1 Changes in American Society, Post-WWII
Affluent Society & the Suburban America Average income for Americans tripled!!! Reasons for this? “Baby Boomers” … , 65 million children born

2 Reasons for 1950’s Economic Prosperity
Marshall Plan … Untouched by WWII … Large amounts of accumulated $$$$$$ High progressive taxation … Cheap homes … High wages …

3 Generations of Last 80 Years …
“Greatest Generation” … Great Depression & WWII “Baby-boomers” … births “Generation X” … Mid-1960’s – early 1980’s births “Generation Y” … Early 1980’s – early 1990’s births Also called “Millennials” … “Generation Z” … Mid-1990’s to early 2000’s births Post-Millennials

4 1950’s – The Era of the Classic American Cars

5 Changes in American Society, Post-WWII
Federal Highway Act of 1956 Largest public works program in world history 10-year effort, constructing more than 40,000 miles of interstate highways

6 Changes in American Society, Post-WWII
Levittown and Suburban America Mass produced homes, providing Americans homes outside cities ** Reasons for the growth of Suburbia …

7 Flood Control Act of 1944, “Pick Sloan Act”

8 The 1950’s U.S. economy grew by 37%. Inflation, which had wreaked havoc on the economy immediately after WWII, was minimal, because of President Eisenhower's persistent efforts to balance the federal budget.

9 ** Handout, “1950’s America”

10 1950’s American Prosperity
97% of eligible people for marriage were married 90% of Americans owned refrigerators, and 3/4 had washing machines, telephones, and vacuum cleaners U.S. owned 80% of the world’s electrical goods U.S. produced 40% of world’s electricity, 60% of its oil, and 66% of its steel

11 1950’s American Prosperity
Average American ate 50% more food than the Average European U.S. population, 5% of world’s population had more wealth than rest of world 2/3’s of the world’s productive capacity From 1940 to 1955, average American incomes tripled

12 Changes in American Society, Post-WWII
Changes in the American workplace More “white collar jobs” For women, an era of …

13 Changes in American Society, Post-WWII
Scientific Developments Transistor … Radiation Treatments … Polio vaccines … Changes in popular entertainment More Americans have a television

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