Postwar America Lesson

What happend in America after World War II?

​Families changed when soldiers returned home.

Some soldiers returned and met their children for the first time.

Some young men wanted to start families when they made it back to the U.S.​

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Fill in the Blank

People who have fought in a war are called ----------.

Multiple Choice

There was an increase in babies being born after World War II. This was called the

Baby Boom. Between what years did the Baby Boom occur?

• 1939- 1954

• 1959 - 1960

• 1945 - 1964

• 1964 - 1984

​The changing workplace:

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During WWII, many women took factory jobs that were usually held by men.

Before the war most women stayed home and raised children.​

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Factories still needed to produce goods even though many men had left to fight in the war.

Women had to replace them in factories.​

This ad was used to encourage women to go to work​

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​Rosie the Riveter

​When the men returned...

​The women went back home to take care of the house and children. There were plenty of jobs.

Manufacturing grew because employed Americans could afford to buy more.​

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​From scarcity to plenty

​During the war people had to cut back on buying. Many goods were rationed.

P. 737​

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Open Ended

What items were scarce during the war?

The book mentions three. p.737

​People wanted more goods and services after doing without during the war.

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They wanted new modern lives, including cars, washing machines, teleivsions, and refrigerators.​

Multiple Choice

How did people start paying for all the new goods they wanted?

• cash

• checks

• credit cards

• debit cards

Open Ended

Write a definition for credit card.

​By the 1960s, more and more people were starting careers in service industries such as sales, teaching, or medicine (health care). These were replacing manufacturing jobs.

Open Ended

Read the first paragraph on p. 738

How did the G.I. Bill of Rights help veterans?

Multiple Choice

There were not enough houses for all the people who wanted one. Cities were crowded, so builders moved outside of the cities in communities called .......

• High Rise Apartment

• Loft

• Slums

• Suburbs

Multiple Choice

The graph on page 738 shows that home ownership ............. sharply

after World War II

• Increased

• Decreased

• stayed the same

• went up and down

Open Ended

By what year did more Americans live in suburbs than in any other kind of community? p. 739

Open Ended

P. 739: Why were better roads needed after people moved to the suburbs?

Fill in the Blank

What president announced the funding for a new interstate highway system?

Multiple Choice

How long is a decade?

• 5 years

• 10 years

• 2 years

• 20 years