Domestic Life Under Ike

Question 0

What contributed to the economic boom of the 50s?

Answer 0

Serviceman’s readjustment act of 1944, 129 billion toward Federal highway act, expansion of Social Security benefits, low housing loans and mortgages to returning soldiers, investment in weapons technology

Question 1

We’re the 50s during an economic boom or economic bust?

Answer 1

Economic boom there was a demand for everything

Question 2

What was the serviceman’s readjustment act of 1944? (G.I. Bill)

Answer 2

Federal money for veterans to get an education that way there wouldn’t be an immediate saturation into the job market so wages would be higher and more competitive

Question 3

What was the Federal highway act?

Answer 3

$129 billion to create construction jobs and makes transportation easier. (Prices low, demand high)

Question 4

What was life like under the shadow of the bomb?

Answer 4

A sense of paranoia