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2nd Great Migration
-African Americans were affected by this move
-They moved because of economic concern as the men worked in unskilled jobs and women were placed in domestic services
-Education opportunities, political disfranchisement, and racial violence also drove migration
-They worked in shipyards and aircraft plants
-They moved from southern areas like Mississippi and Alabama to western areas like Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle -
G.I. Bill
-Benefits to veterans included cash payments, living expenses for college, and one year unemployment compensation. Exposure to combat was not required, but needed 90 days of active duty. -
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Baby Boom
Population started growing fast
Men who came back from war wanted someone who would carry out their legacy
The total births per year during this period grew from 2.3 million to 4.3 million
This boom and the G.I bill service men's readjustment act of 1944 helped veterans lead developers into building cheap, mass produced houses
Homeowner ship increased by 50% The movement of the middle income families to the suburbs led to a declining urban tax base and decaying inner cities -
Air Conditioning
It was during the postwar period that AC arrived in American homes with more than 1 million units sold in 1953. AC served the needs of home builders eager to build huge numbers of cheap houses and utilities were only too happy to keep ramping up electricity sales to the burgeoning suburbs. AC for cars became a status symbol too. Many of the central changes in our society since World War II would not have been possible were AC not keeping our homes and workplaces cool. Business starting booming. -
Poliomyelitis
On March 26, 1953 American medical Dr. Jonas Salk announces on a national radio show that he has successfully teased a vaccine against poliomyelitis the virus that causes the crippling disease of polio (FDR has Polio) in 1945, Clinical trialsuin the Salk vaccine and placebo began on nearly 2 million american schoolchildren. -
Creation of N.A.S.A
On this day in 1958, President D. Eisenhower signed, an act creates this national Aeronautics and space administration (N.A.S.A). He called the signing a Historic event for this Unites States space age. Since the end of WWII the United States had work to make breakouts in rocket science. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 launched from cape Kennedy carrying commander Neil Armstrong, commander module pilot Michael Collins, and lunar module pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. Armstrong stepped on the moon, following him was Buzz Aldrin. Realing the famous quote by Armstrong "That's one step for man, one giant step for mankind." This secured the win of the space race against Russia. -
Moon Speech
President Kennedy's "moon speech" declared powerfully that the U.S. "would go to the moon before the decade was out" reestablished. Which means the speech kick started the U.S. to be involved in the space race. This This also meant that the average american would have to pay more in order for space exploration.