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1 Life in the 1950s

2 What changed in American society after WWII?
The Baby Boom More children are born in the 1950s than any other decade At its height there was a child born every 6.9 seconds The main reasons behind this were… Reunion of families after the war Decreasing marriage age…down to about 21 for women and 23 for men Advances in medicine Desire for a large family Economic Prosperity

3 What changed in American society after WWII?
Rise of the suburbs GIs (General Infantry) returning from war purchase homes outside of the urban cities Sub-developments became popular and the idea for the “cookie cutter” home was born Worked on the ideal image that the man worked and the woman raised the family

4 What changed in American society after WWII?
Leisure becomes important to those who survived the difficulties of the Great Depression and WWII Peak of comic book production and sales Little baseball reaches its zenith Bowling alleys open in almost every city in America Boy and Girl Scouts numbers reach all time highs Swimming pools become popular at both homes and public locations

5 What changed in American society after WWII?
Business Icons of the 50s Franchises begin…McDonalds opened its first doors in Illinois in 1955 Disney Land opened in California in 1955

6 What changed in American society after WWII?
The automobile culture Cruising…teenagers start to drive around and neck Road trips The drive-in…thousands of drive-in theaters open around the nation The drive-thru…fast food restaurants served patrons on roller skates The interstate highway system …over 60,000 miles of highway are constructed Every interstate highway has a stretch every 7 miles that a plane could land on …incase of war or invasion

7 What did all of these changes to America?
Consumerism The nation became much more consumer driven This was the decade of the “American Dream” A house, 2 cars, and a family of 4

8 Life at Home worrying about Communism and a Nuclear Attack
1) Individuals build bomb shelters near their houses.

9 2) Schools and students prepare for a nuclear explosion with drills.

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