History Soars at Pheonix  

1950s Politics and Prosperity

 

 

Economic Legacy of WWII

• Great Depression is _______

 

• Full ___________ during the war

 

• Americans _________ money during the war years (_____________ and limited ____________ goods)

 

• New types of _______ emerged post WWII

 

• More men going to _________ & ______________ = growth in ______________ workers and __________ industry

 

• Americans were ________ to acquire  all the Depression and War had ________ - in search of the ___________________.

 

 

The American Dream…

Americans were eager to pursue the American Dream they had ____________ for – marriages, birth rates, and home sales soared.

        

Suburbia: Expanding families search for the American Dream

• Baby Boom (1945 – 1957)

 

 

 

• GI Bill of Rights

• Provided _______________________ to buy houses

 

• Levittowns

  • ______________________ in the suburbs developed by William J. Levitt

  • Average American could _________ homes

 

• The Automobile

• Dependence on car to get to _________

• Led to new ______________ (federal/interstate highways, gas stations, repair shops, parts stores, drive-in movies & restaurants)

 

• Teen Consumers

• Teens became a _____________ part of population due to baby boom – word _____________ enters American vocabulary

• Teens took part in _____________ the growing economy

• Companies used _________________ to appeal specifically to teens

 

 

Prosperity for All??

• While new suburbs grew, housing in _________ rapidly declined, with existing structures ________________ (primarly home to most __________ groups)

 

• Dependence upon car for wealthy led to the decline of _____________ (primarily ________ & _____________ affected because they can not afford cars)

 

• Women & other moniroties were forced _______ into ______ paying jobs or were ____________ entirely with returning soldiers

 

 

 

Politics: Truman and Eisenhower

         President Harry Truman (Democrat)

• Attempted to continue FDRs economic policies in post-war years with the __________________.

 

• Republican’s feared Democratic control (__________________________________________)

  • Example:

 

 

• Successes

 

 

 

President Eisenhower (Republican)

• Former commander of Allied forces (___________________________)

 

• Introduced “Modern Republicanism”

 

 

 

• Domestic Policies

 

 

Money to increase science and math education to compete with the USSR in the Arms & Space Races

 

 

 

Cold War: Political, Economic, & Military competition between the U.S. & U.S.S.R.

                 

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• Began a new era, The Cold War

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Democracy vs. Communism

 

Who would be the #1 world power?