Post war America Flashcards
what is the servicemen’s readjustment act
people who fought in war would receive money, education, war bonds where paidpack
what was the economic boom
income double every centery
What was the baby boom
rapid increase in children/ population
what did the fair deal do
increased minimum wage, increased right for African Americans, program of social improvement
What was the White Flight
White people moved into suburbs causing cities to be less populated
What was the sunbelt
migration of people to the south raised the population
What was consumerism
products to modernize life (TV, AC, Tupperware, radios, fridges)
What was planned opslance
Made it so goods would wear out quicker
What was the Nuclear family
Ideal family with husband, wife, 2 kids and a dog
what was a teenager
didn’t show emotion, a proud American, middle group not kids nor adults
Where flappers still around
No women went back to wearing skirts and dresses
What were beat nicks
people who were forced to go into war and wrote about breaking the norms
If you where your own person what were you considered
a Juvenile Delinquent
Why were highways built
to evacuate if an atomic bomb went off
Who found out how to create birth control
the Nazi’s
New ways to travel/ new tools
cars were improved, 1st passenger planes, nuclear power plants, first commerical computer
Was Polio cured
yes the vaccine for polio was found
