1. Mr. Williams 10th Grade U.S. History
America After the War
Mr. Williams
10th Grade U.S. History

4. Soldiers Return Home 12 million men and women returned home after war
Baby Boom!: Dramatic rise in birthrate, families got larger
From 1940 to 1949 this grew 25% and sustained consumer demand
What kind of things would need to be bought?

6. G.I. Bill $ for college or job training
1947 Veterans accounted for 49% of people who were admitted to college
Unemployment pay of $20/Week
Loans for homes, farms, or businesses
From 1944 to 1952, VA backed nearly 2.4 million home loans

7. What is a suburb?
What does the term conformity mean?
Describe the First Red Scare after WWI. How did our government attempt to deal with those problems?

17. Fighting Domestic Communism
“Loyalty Program”
Executive Order 9835 required investigation into ever federal employee (over 6 MILLION)
Nearly 2,000 civil service employees losing their jobs and 10,000 more resigned

18. Smith Act: Made it a crime to call for the overthrow of the U. S
Smith Act: Made it a crime to call for the overthrow of the U.S. government or belong to an organization that did so
McCarran Act: Required Communist organizations to register with the govt. and established a special board to investigate Communist involvement

21. Red Scare HUAC investigated possible Communist subversion after WWII
Politicians, Teachers, Writers, Musicians and anyone in the Film Industry
“Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the communist party?”
1947 Blacklist official policy of Hollywood to make sure business did not suffer

24. “While I cannot take the time to name all the men in the State Department who have been named as members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring, I have here in my hand a list of 205 that were….members of the Communist Party and nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the State Department”

26. Describe the tactics of HUAC and Joseph McCarthy
Describe the tactics of HUAC and Joseph McCarthy. How did the Cold War and/or 1950s culture affect the fear and attitudes people had during this time period? Was the U.S. government justified in their pursuits? Why or Why Not? 3.8 Format