situation 1 part 1

How did the us try to get out of the a military to consumer economy

Passing bills like the Gi bill and giving soliders acess to money to pay for college, homes, and land

What were some of the impacts of the Gi bill and other things that the goverment passed

allowed american to get started with college

made americans alot smater and more skillful

and lead to an economic boom

led to vets to start families and birth and marraige rates to go through the roof

what was the class which succed the most during the ecomonic boom of 1940-1960

The middle calss due to the baby boom, production growth,

what made the american dream so popular and what even started it

what made housing devolopers start to make cookie cutter houses

The mass amount of people wanting to move from citites to the subursa, the first company to do this was Levitt & Sons, thats why they are also called Leavittowns, they were also cheap and afforable

what did the highway act of 56’ do

it made freeways go throughout the country to keep up the population expantion

it made it alot easier to move around and to transport things but it made a lot of pollution and made americans really car depened it

What was the importance of the TV during this time

It changed the way that americans could get information

it also changed poloticals and have big impacts in the 1960’s

the tv sparked out alot of curtula debates on diversity, roles of genders, confomity, the health of people,

who made rock n roll popular

Elvis presley

who was billy graham

he was a chirstain minister which used the radio and later the tv to get to a larger audience

what were some of the ideas that playboy brought out and shared

Social boundaries

Sexuality

Society’s view upon women

what were some of the ideas that “modren” art brought up

Conformity within america

who were some of the artisit which were popular and important

Jackson Pollack- art

Joseph Heller - Catch 22

Jack Kerouac - On the road

• they were all considered rebels and apart of the counter culture movement

why had americans always been so negative on commuinim

who made the HUAC and why did nixon go along with the HUAC

what were somethings as seen as non american

Homosexulatiy

civil rights

Women advoacting for birth control

drinkers of alchol

Atheistists