Postwar Prosperity

What does HUAC stand for?

• House Un-American Activities Committee

• How Unbelieveable Are Communists

• History Understands American Culture

• House Un-American Against Communists

How did HUAC's policies impact citizens?

• They had no impact on citizens

• The government endangered people's rights

• The government supported Communist ideas

• They supported nuclear war

People built expensive bunkers and bomb shelters because they were afraid of what?

• Flooding caused by climate change

• The Soviet Union invading the United States

• Germany starting another Holocaust

• Nuclear war with the Soviet Union

Why were the Loyalty Review Board and HUAC created?

• To create suburban neighborhoods

• To investigate people that were NOT loyal to the United States government

• To give African Americans more job opportunities

• To make women stay at home

Why was there a baby boom after World War II?

• Many babies were born after soldiers returned home

• Less babies were born after soldiers returned home

• Many babies were adopted from overseas

• Children were forced to work in factories

Where did middle-class people move to after World War II?

• suburbs

• cities

• farms

• mountains

Many middle-class people never experienced what during this time?

• cheap houses

• more jobs

• living in a city

• poverty

One negative impact of middle-class people moving to suburbs was what?

• city governments could no longer provide resources to poor people living in cities

• the Soviet Union was more likely to attack cities

• the government wanted to plant spies in suburbs

• city governments were able to provide many important services to poor people

Who did the GI bill help?

• women

• African Americans

• veterans

• farmers

What did the GI Bill do?

• provide resources to veterans to go to college and buy a house

• allow soldiers to leave the military early

• give families of veterans free medical care

• allow veterans to get a free car