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cold war
Truman Doctrine 3/12/1947
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Rock & roll
The popularity of rock & roll resulted in a powerful impact on society when jazz , blues and country was combined it created rock in roll.
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Air conditioning
Many of the central changes in our society after ww2 wouldnt have been possible if ac was not keeping homes & workplace cool.
Everone wanted ac down at the sin belt in hollyhood golden age . Where ac its self was an attraction so when it was exploding around 1950 s cars homes and businesses had people migranting down south were its hoy as hell. -
Polio vaccine by Dr jonas salk
Jonas Salk developed the 1st effective polio vaccine in 1952. His vaccine was tested in francis field trial when it begin it involved approximately 4.000 children but would grow to enventuallyinvolved around 1.8 million children across 44 states it was the largest medical experiment at the time . April of 1955 the vaccine was liseensed for distribution he never patented the vaccine so he didnt make any money but instead made it easily accesable and distributed nation wide. -
Feiendships 7
The friend ship 7 is a capsule that john glenn went to space in and he was the first America to orbit the earth . It led to mecury into earth orbit and enable glenn to circle earth 3 times john glenn is responsible for more students studying & science & being intested in space than anyone -
Pres.kennedys moon speech
We choose to go to the moon , was delivered by jkf it was one of kennedys earlier speech meant to persuade the American people to support the national effort to land a mandar to the moon & return him back safely to the the earth . To help begin the “space race ” against u.s.s.r during the cold war . -
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Baby boom
Baby boom happened for older Americans had postponed marriage & childbirth 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 -
Creation of NASA
Nacional Acrobatic & space administration (NASA)
NASA made it possible for the American researchers to collaborate on & disseminate scientific advance , an opportunity envied by many of U.S soviet scientists -
G.I bill
It gave serviceman chances to go to colleges and trade school , or buy houses of business. Because serviceman used the money to by houses to start families making mass productions on houses in urban areas -
Apollo 11
The Apollo 11 mission was arguably the most significant event during the space race between the u.s & soviet union . It was significant because Buzz Aldrin & Neil Armstrong were the 1 st people to step foot on a while other world and help secure the win for space race for US . -
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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 to similarity of the 1st migration but mostly for the jobs that continued to . The states offered skilled jobs in the defense industry after the war mass production was needed America had become a highly urbanized population .