2. 1940s Facts Presidents Roosevelt and Truman Population 132,122,000 National Debt $43 Billion Average Salary $1,299. Minimum Wage $.43 per hour 55% of U.S. homes have indoor plumbing Antarctica is discovered to be a continent Life expectancy 68.2 female, 60.8 male Auto deaths 34,500 Supreme Court decides blacks do have a right to vote World War II changed the order of world power, the United States and the USSR became super powers

3. The 1940s World War II and It’s Impact The Cold War Tech of the 1940s Cultural Changes of the 1940s

4. 1940s – WWII Dominates 8 Million + men and women serve Enlistments “for the duration” Rationing, Women in Workforce, Fear of Attack Discovery of Holocaust boosts Civil Rights War propels US as #1 power in World Music – Morale Boosting

5. The Cold War WWII Ends – Cold War Begins Communism vs. Capitalism –Containment –Domino Theory Marshall Plan Berlin Crisis v.

6. Cold War (cont.) Sen. McCarthy –Nixon too - (House Un- American Activities Committee) –Rosenbergs 1949 – 3 Major Events USSR Gets the Bomb China becomes Communist NATO / Warsaw Pact formed

7. Technology of the 1940s Plastics Television Cars Jets / Rockets Radar

8. Cultural Changes of the 1940s GI Bill Baby Boom Suburbs – Levittown TV Fashion –Women’s Pants Pre - Packaged Foods Music – Big Band, Morale Boosting, Crooners

9. Truman as President 1945-1953 End of WWII Start of Cold War / NATO Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan Containment Korean War – Desegregation of Military Maintaining New Deal Programs –Fair Deal Taft Hartley Act “the buck stops here”