Korean War Gazette

1. Suburban News Korean War Gazette $ 0.05 Final Edition January 14, 1951 Volume 5, Number 1 Bigger and Better: The Growth of Suburbs Why Suburbs? Loremipsum dolor sit amettotamaspernatur fugit beataeaspernaturoditeosistenemo et et, dicta accusantiumquiadoloremquequia quae laudantiumquia error vitae qui Loremipsum dolor sit ametundeaspernatur sit quasi magni sit sedexplicabodoloresdolores, sunt vitae voluptatemconsequunturutipsam quasi sedinventorequiaveritatisutvoluptatemdolores Loremipsum dolor sit ametdolores et aspernaturvoluptas dicta dicta, ipsamipsanemoperspiciatisunde error sedvoluptatemratione quae eaque quae quae, magnienimenimnatusperspiciatis quasi quiaquiaisteperspiciatisipsammagnivoluptatemvoluptatem, enimipsaiste et sedquiadoloremquevoluptatemutmagnilaudantiumlaudantium vitae vitae, illomagnimagnieosaccusantiumaccusantiumperspiciatis quasi nemo Loremipsum dolor sit ametundeaspernatur sit quasi magni sit sedexplicabodoloresdolores, sunt vitae voluptatemconsequunturutipsam quasi sedinventorequiaveritatisutvoluptatemdolores Loremipsum dolor sit ametdolores et aspernaturvoluptas dicta dicta, ipsamipsanemoperspiciatisunde error sedvoluptatemratione quae eaque quae quae, magnienimenimnatusperspiciatis quasi quiaquiaisteperspiciatisipsammagnivoluptatemvoluptatem, enimipsaiste et sedquiadoloremque Lifestyles of the Suburbs Leaving and Impact Loremipsum dolor sit amettotamaspernatur fugit beataeaspernaturoditeosistenemo et et, dicta accusantiumquiadoloremquequia quae laudantiumquia error vitae qui Loremipsum dolor sit ametundeaspernatur sit quasi magni sit sedexplicabodoloresdolores, sunt vitae voluptatemconsequunturutipsam quasi sedinventorequiaveritatisutvoluptatemdolores Loremipsum dolor sit ametdolores et aspernaturvoluptas dicta dicta, ipsamipsanemoperspiciatisunde error sedvoluptatem Loremipsum dolor sit amettotamaspernatur fugit beataeaspernaturoditeosistenemo et et, dicta accusantiumquiadoloremquequia quae laudantiumquia error vitae qui Loremipsum dolor sit ametundeaspernatur sit quasi magni sit sedexplicabodoloresdolores, sunt vitae voluptatemconsequunturutipsam quasi sedinventorequiaveritatisutvoluptatemdolores Loremipsum dolor sit ametdolores et aspernaturvoluptas dicta dicta, ipsamipsanemoperspiciatisunde error sedvoluptatemratione quae eaque quae quae, magnienimenim Works Cited Review Questions

2. Bigger and Better: The Growth of Suburbs • Two Main Reasons for Suburban Growth • More people had more money • Transportation was made easier

3. More People With More Money $ • After WWII, the country went through an economic boom. This placed the majority of the people in the middle class. • Due to the increase in population, the government made it easier to buy or build a house in the suburbs so they did not to have to go through the pricey process of updating buildings in the cites.

4. The Ease of Transportation A Family Car Due to Henry Ford’s ability to mass produce automobiles the average family was able to purchase a family car With increased fears of the Cold War, President Eisenhower created a system of interstate highways in order to move people and supplies quickly around the country. Both of these factors made it easier to commute from a suburb to a city for work everyday, essentially creating a “bedroom community”

5. Why the Suburbs • “White Flight” • After WWII, many African Americans began establishing homes in urban areas. • Many of the urban areas’ wealthy whites moved from the cities to the outlying suburbs in order to keep the segregated feeling of the past. • “Greener and Cleaner” • Suburbs offered a healthier living environment away from the pollution from city factories

6. Life Styles of the Suburbs • The idea of a “nuclear family” was viewed as normal. • The father would work outside the home while the mother would stay at home, cooking, cleaning, and raising the children. • The idea of “father knows best” was established. This meant that the head male figure of the household was in charge of practically everything. • Levittown • Mass-produced housing community built by the Levitt Company

7. Levittown • Levittown, NY • First Levittown • Built on 4,000 acres of potato fields in Long Island • Consisted on 17,400 mass-produced homes • Up to 30 homes could built in a day • Levittown, PA • Second Levittown • Built in Bucks County, PA • Consisted on 10 different neighborhoods containing a total of 12,000 homes Click the picture above to view more information about Levittown and click the picture below to watch a video !

8. Leaving an Impact • Greater Feeling of “Freedom” • Having a house in the suburbs gave American families financial freedom and freedom from depending on someone for a home. • Television • In many movies and television shows, such as the Dick Van Dyke Show and I Love Lucy, were representative of the suburban life style, where everyone would get married, buy a house and car, and have children.

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