Culture of 1950's
Published on Mar 29, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ECONOMIC BOOM
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Demobilization- sending members of army home by President Truman.
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GI Bill of Rights- the financial aid to soldiers. Home loans to veterans and money for education.
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Consumer purchases and hired more workers after the war.
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Technology like computers and development of war research in atomic energy made more worker productivity.
International selling of good to other countries.
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Service Sector
-franchise businesses to send products
-multinational corporations is companies selling products all over the world.
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Government provides education like California Master Plan.
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MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE
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Taft-Hartley Act to have no unions to be in workplace.
-cancel labor strikes
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Fair Deal is Truman's idea of reform that help health insurance.
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Interstate Highway Act made highways in major cities.
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People moved to sunbelt.
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FAMILY LIFE
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LIVE IN SUBURBS
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OWN A CAR
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Baby Boom
After war people went to get married and have kids.
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Medium family income.
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Consumerism had people buy a lot of appliances with credits.
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Nuclear family is mother, father, and children.
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POVERTY/INJUSTICE
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Beatniks are people that are carefree and rejected American society.
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-Service deteriorating
- no government representative
-increase crime
-poor housing and schools
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Failed urban renewal project had the poor pushed away into poorer places.
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Big corporations dominate the poor, small farms.
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