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27:1 Postwar America

27:1 Postwar America. 1944 GI Bill of Rights. Tuition Unemployment Federally guaranteed loans. Housing Shortage. Mass produced housing Levittown, NY Baby-boom. Runaway Inflation. War to peace production OPA regulations supply and demand of consumer goods

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27:1 Postwar America

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  1. 27:1 Postwar America

  2. 1944 GI Bill of Rights • Tuition • Unemployment • Federally guaranteed loans

  3. Housing Shortage • Mass produced housing • Levittown, NY • Baby-boom

  4. Runaway Inflation • War to peace production • OPA regulations • supply and demand of consumer goods • Congress re-establishes price, wage, and rent controls

  5. Post War Economic Boom • People had money to spend • GI Bill • Marshall Money • War time savings/war bonds • Consumer demand

  6. Truman’s Challenges • Spread of communism • Economic troubles • Inflation • Tough on strikers

  7. Truman supports Civil Rights • Wanted: antilynching laws, no poll taxes, equal economic opportunity • Issued: Executive Order to integrate the military • Set precedent of Federal responsibility to deal with racial issues

  8. Dixicrats • Southern democrats opposed to Truman’s emphasis on civil rights

  9. 1948 Presidential Election • “Whistle stop campaign” attacked the “do nothing” republican congress • “Give ‘em hell Harry” campaign • Truman wins!!

  10. Truman’s Domestic PolicyFair Deal • Social Reforms • Universal health care • Minimum wage • Housing • agriculture

  11. Downfall of the Democrats • Stalemate in Korea • Labor unrest • Inflation • McCarthyism

  12. 1951 Presidential Election • “I like Ike” • Eisenhower’s Platform • Tough on communism • Shrink Federal government

  13. Nixon’s “Checker’s Speech” • Illegal campaign contributions? • Use of TV • 58 million viewers • Saved campaign

  14. Modern Republicanism • Middle of the road politics • Avoiding controversial issues

  15. Eisenhower and Civil Rights • 1954 Brown v. Board of Education overturns Plessey • 1955 Rosa Parks • Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement

  16. Jackie Robinson • Breaks the color barrier in Pro-sports • Brooklyn Dodgers • 1st African American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

  17. 27:2 American Dream in the Fifties

  18. Blue Collar V. White Collar • Blue-manufactured goods • White-managerial, clerical, professional

  19. Conglomerates • ITT-diversified to protect itself

  20. Franchise • Fast food • MacDonald’s

  21. Baby Boom • 1946-1964 • Five Causes

  22. Salk Vaccine • Dr. Jonas Salk • Polio

  23. Dr. Spock Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care • Childrearing practices • 2nd best selling non-fiction book of all time?

  24. 50’s Women • Happy homemaker? • The Feminine Mystique • Career opportunities • earnings

  25. Technological Wonders • Air conditioning • Increased urban development, more skyscrapers • Changed housing styles • Ranch • Lowered ceilings • Smaller windows • Eliminated “sleeping porches” • Rise of Sunbelt Cities

  26. Automania • Suburbia • Interstate Highway Act –Ike 1956 • Positive Effects • Negative Effects

  27. Consumerism • New products • Planned obsolescence • Credit cards/installment plan • Advertising

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