1. The American Dream starts here……. In suburbia!
Post-war America:
The American Dream starts here…….
In suburbia!

5. How is suburbia created in post-war America?
Post-war housing shortage
Levittown – mass production techniques
Baby Boom
Interstate Highway Act 1956 & Urban Renewal

6. How do the suburbs become accessible to Americans?
They can afford it!
THE G.I. BILL (1944)
Offered veterans low interest, federally guaranteed loans.
Millions used these benefits to buy homes
Gave veterans $20 a week for 52 weeks
Encouraged veterans to get an education by paying part of their tuition

7. What was the effect of the G.I. Bill?
“The G.I. Bill was designed to help veterans, not transform America…but [the] G.I. Bill was the best piece of legislation ever passed by the U.S. Congress, and it made modern America.”
- Stephen Ambrose, Historian

8. What was the effect of the G.I. Bill?
GI Bill--Not open to all!
Segregated Colleges
Mean People
Covenants
Real Estate Agents
Mortgage Lending
Red Lining
Federalism