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1 WWII-1950s WWII – Home front Dramatic decrease in unemployment Rationing of food Discrimination against people of German and Japanese descent OWI Industries shift to war production Women 6 million enter work force OWI encourages it – issues Magazine War Guide (sep. ’43) Magazine War Guide given to magazine companies

2 Norman Rockwell ( ) Illustrator Who is this? “Rosie the Riveter” – Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb J. Howard Miller “You Can Do it” Interpretation/Meaning of Image

3 1950s Economic Prosperity Baby Boom Suburbanization Corporate growth Television Reactionary Civil Rights Movement/Desegregation Brown v. Bd. of Education Central High School Sit-ins Freedom Rides March on Washington

4 The Problem We all Live With
Look Ruby Bridges

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