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Postwar America 1950’s

Peacetime Legislation GI Bill Provide funds for veterans to: start businesses, buy homes, and attend college

Dynamic Conservatism Balancing conservative economics with activism Conservative Economic Policies Ends a number of government regulations on businesses like price controls Cuts Federal spending Abolished or cut funding to some New Deal programs such as the TVA Activist Policies Passed the Federal Highway Act (largest public works program in U.S. history) Constructed St. Lawrence Seaway (allows travel from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic)

Prosperity in America 1940-55 average income triples Suburbia grows Mass production applied to housing (Levittown – 1st suburbs in NY) Baby Boom - 1945-61 65 million children born White-Collar workers include professionals such as doctors and lawyers, engineers, salespeople, managers, and office staff. Most receive a weekly or yearly salary rather than an hourly wage. Because white-collar employees worked in offices, they could wear white shirts to work without fear of getting them dirty.   Blue-collar workers are people who work in factories or at skilled trades, such as plumbing or auto repair. By the end of the 1950s, the workforce looked different. For the first time in history, white-collar workers outnumbered blue-collar employees.

Advances in Science Electronics Aviation Medicine The transistor Smaller cheaper radios Essential for modern electronics ENIAC and UNIVAC early military computers Aviation New designs, materials, and engines allow for further and cheaper flight Medicine Radiation and chemotherapy treatments CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) Pacemakers Blood tests and antibiotics help fight TB vaccine for polio (Jonas Salk)

Culture Rock’n’Roll Electric instruments Based on popular African American and country music Beat Movement Poetry and literature Criticizes American Culture for shallowness and conformity Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac Laid foundations for cultural revolution in the 60’s Television - Challenges radio and spread new cultural concepts quickly

Poverty African Americans Hispanics Native Americans Appalachians

Juvenile Delinquency Antisocial or criminal behavior of young people Stereotyping youth (especially those who broke norms of mainstream culture, long hair, language) Explanations Television Movies Comics Racism Parents are too busy Divorce Too much conformity Efforts to improve school system

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