1950s Boom

Multiple Choice

According to the image, what is the name of your generation?

• Silent Generation

• Baby Boomers

• Gen Y/Millenials

• Gen Z

Open Ended

What is one characteristics of those born in your era? Answer in a complete sentence.

Hotspot

Which are the "kids" we will be studying during this era?

Identify and explain reasons for American prosperity in the Post WW2 era.

Objectives

What led to American prosperity in the Post WW2 War Era?

What specific laws, inventions, etc... helped?

Essential Question?

What you should know by the end...

Multiple Choice

When soldiers returned home from World War II, what helped them get lower mortgage rates and paid for their continued education?

• The Consitution

• Veteran's Fund

• G.I. Bill of Rights

• Military Service Reimbursement Bill

Multiple Choice

The migration (moving) of people during the 1950s moved from urban to _____.

• suburbs

• GI Bill

• arms race

• cultural divide

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was an effect of the economic prosperity of the 1950's?

• Americans invested in consumer goods based on the home, such as televisions, appliances, & automobiles.

• Americans invested heavily in the stock market

• Americans continued to pay high taxes

• Americans purchased more foreign goods produced in Asian countries like Korea and Japan

Multiple Choice

The population increase known as the “baby boom” began in the late 1940s. 

• true
• false

Multiple Choice

What is a vaccine?

• An email about diseases

• A school for children in suburbs

• A kind of medicine that stops people from getting a disease

• A medicine for veterans

Multiple Select

What are effects of postwar prosperity?

• suburbs grow

• greater demand for housing

• more consumer spending

• the baby boom