1950's Trends

What caused the Baby Boom, Interstate Highways, the growth of the Middle Class, and the rise of Suburbs.

• An increase in immigration

• A decrease in trade

• 1950S economic prosperity

• A reduction (decrease) in peacetime spending

Who signed the Federal Highway Act of 1956 into law?

• Donald Trump

• Michelle Obama

• Harry Truman

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

A marked increase in the birthrate, especially in the US following WWII

• Baby Boom
• Summit
• Perjury
• Arms Race

Teenagers liked to listen to this type of music during the 1950s

• Rock and Roll

• Hip Hop

• Country

• Classical

Due to the baby boom after WWII, what was needed?

• More stores

• More factories

• More houses

• More parks

Which post World War II program provided the following for our veterans?

-funds for education and training

-home, farm and business loans

-unemployment compensation

• Marshall Plan

• G.I. Bill

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Truman Doctrine

The traditional role of the housewife called for her to:

• Contribute an income to the family

• Home school their children

• Attend a university to get an education to act as a role model for the children

• Support the husband through domestic chores

After the war, the ___?___ replaced radio and movies as the main entertainment for American families.

• television

• YouTube

• internet

• community swimming pool

William J. Levitt contributed to the growth of the suburbs by

• Mass-producing houses
• Criticizing urban life
• Designing interstate highways   
• Providing low-interest mortgage loans

This planned communities sprang up after WWII. They were usually located outside major market cities; families would commute to work with their new luxury cars and homes were "cookie cutter" and affordable

• Suburbs

• Inner City

• Ultraburbs

• Shopping Malls