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AIR CONDITIONING
The first air conditioning system was designed in 1902 by inventor Willis carrier . the first air conditioners were too bulky . window air conditioners didn't come about until the late 1950's. the general public often first encountered air conditioning in movie theaters. by 1980 most of the U.S population had home air conditioning. Americans have taken to mechanical cooling avidly and greedily. in the 40's and 50's air conditioning increased employee work output by 24%. -
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BIRTH OF ROCK AND ROLL
The 1940's -1950's was a time when rock and roll became very popular within the young society. Rock and Roll was a mixture of the blues, jazz, gospel, and country western. overall it introduced new music and dancing of twisting and thrusting, that the older society was shocked by. in the 1960's the British invasion took place ,being British artists took over the music industry. -
G.I. BILL
the G.I Bill officially the service men's readjustment act of 1944,provided many benefits to veterans of WW2. it established veterans hospitals,provided for vocational rehabilitation made low interest mortgage available and granted stipends covering tuition attending college expenses for homes. it still is being used till this day. -
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COLD WAR
march 12, 1947 was the Truman doctrine
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MARSHALL PLAN
The marshall plan was extremely successful it speeded the economic recovery of western europe and created good will towards the U.S from 1948-1952 European economies grew at an urrprcedented rate -
POLIO VACCINE BY DR. JONAS SALK
IN 1955 , It was announced that the vaccine was effective and safe. and a nationwide inoculation campaign began. Salk conducted the first human trials on former polio patients , and by 1953 two million american school children were given the new polio vaccine and cases dropped to under 6,000 in 1957, the first year after the vaccine was widely available . -
NASA
on July of 1958 president Dwight d. Eisenhower signs an act that creates the national aeronautics and space administration (NASA) . he called the signing a historic step , further equipping the U.S for leadership in the space age . -
PRES. KENNEDYS "MOON" SPEECH
on may 25, 1961 , president Kennedy announced they were sending an american safely to the moon and back. Kennedy felt great pressure to have the U.S "catch up to and overtake" the soviet union in the space race .four years after the sputnik shock of 1957, Yuri Gagarin who was Russian cosminot had became the first human in Space in April 12, 1961 , which was greatly embarrassing for the U.S . -
FRIENDSHIP 7
NASA astronaut john Glenn became the first american to orbit the earth in his mercury capsule friendship 7. Glenn's accomplishment brought a sense of pride and relief to Americans and instantly made the 31 year old Glenn a national hero . -
APOLLO 11
On July 1969 american astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin buzz Aldrin became the first people to land on the moon and about 6 and a half hours later Neil Armstrong became the first person to ever walk on the moon . the Apollo 11 mission occurred 8 years later announced that the national goal of landing a man on the moon by the end of the 1960's. -
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BABY BOOM
-baby boom happened for older Americans had postponed marriage & child birth during the great depression & ww2 were joined in the nations maternity wards by young adults who were eager to start families after ww2.
-baby boomers had a impact on the buying habits of Americans & contribute about 77% of the wealth accumulated in america baby boomers had impact on social security once they retire , most baby boomers will be retiring & this will drain social security.
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2ND GREAT MIGRATION
The migration had deal with the African Americans , over 5 million left from north to the south and southwest . they left due to similarity of the 1st migration but mostly for the jobs that continued too . the states offered skilled jobs in the defense industry after the war mass production was needed america had become a highly urbanized population .