Gi bill of rights & Rise of the suburbs

What is the GI Bills of Rights

• Veterans fighting the Government for more money

• President babying the people

• German laws to control the country

• Laws helping veterans who were returning from the war

What did the GI Bill of Rights provide for veterans?

• Free Healthcare

• Access to low-cost mortgages and free college education

• Guarantied Employment

• Lifetime Finacial support

What impact did the GI Bill of Rights have on American society?

• Increased unemployment

• No Impact

• Lowered Unemployment

• economic growth

What were some of the factors that led to the rise of the suburbs?

• Rise of automobile culture

• Post-WWII economic prosperity

• Housing prices decrease

• More people

What were some of the challenges of suburban life?

• Isolation from Cities

• food shortages

• Population increase

• Traffic

What were the impacts of the Rise of the suburbs

• Increased car dependence

• Preservation of natural resources

• Social segregation

• Technological advancements

What was Levittown

• Suburban housing development.

• City

• Military base

• Shopping mall

What was unique about Levittown

• Mass produced housing

• Symbol of war

• Racially diverse

• Urban Lifestyle

Which factor directly contributed to the post–World War II development of the Suburb shown in the picture?

• rise in the birth rate

•  decrease in school construction

•  decline in the availability of home loans

• increase in the number of women in the labor force

Which aspects of American life in the 1950s is shown in this picture?

•  growth of the elderly population

• effects of suburbanization

•  decreasing use of automobiles

• declining importance of the media