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CHAPTER 19 THE POST WAR BOOM THE NIFTY FIFTIES. Outlawed closed shops. The practice of businesses hiring only union members Businesses had to be “open shops”. TAFT-HARTLEY ACT. Helped WW II veterans College Home Business. GI BILL. Levittown . ASSEMBLY LINE HOMES.
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Outlawed closed shops. The practice of businesses hiring only union members Businesses had to be “open shops” TAFT-HARTLEY ACT
Helped WW II veterans College Home Business GI BILL
Levittown ASSEMBLY LINE HOMES
CITY TO SUBURB POPULATION SHIFT
LABOR STRIKES Were a problem Threatened to draft them INTEGRATION Supported civil rights Pushed congress to pass laws – they would not Executive order Integrate the armed forces TRUMAN
1948 Election Civil Rights is key issue for Democrats Southern Democrats Strom Thurmond 1956-2003 DIXIECRATS
Introduced as an extension of the New Deal Crop Subsidy Nation wide health insurance Raise minimum wage Extended social security Flood control and irrigation projects TRUMAN’S FAIR DEAL
Eisenhower wins Nixon is vice pres. Checkers 1952 ELECTION
Brown v. Board of Education Rosa Parks
Did not believe a federal law was necessary The ENFORCER Eisenhower and Civil Rights
AT&T General Electric AOL/Time Warner Walt Disney Sony CONGLOMERATE
McDonald’s A company that offers similar products and service at many locations McDonald’s FRANCHISE
MADE POSSIBLE BY New highways Gasoline automobiles COMMUTING
WONDERFUL DREAM HOME SINGLE FAMILY HOME GOOD SCHOOLS SAFE WHITE PICKET FENCE SUBURBAN LIFE
Jonas Salk Polio vaccine
Easier trucking Towns grew Vacations Shopping centers grew Industries moved away from cities INTERSTATE HIGHWAY ACT
ENTERTAINMENTMOVIES AND TV TV Guide TV dinners Stereotypes and Fads Smellovision
B E A T M O V E M E N T
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND POP CULTURE The Story About Ruby Valentine
Many White Americans left cities and went to suburbs Less people in the cities – less money for services so the cities began to decline White Flight
Change of policy of dealing with Native Americans Eisenhower put policy in place Withdrew federal aid from Native Americans It lasted 10 years and was a failure TERMINATION POLICY