chapter 17 section 2 society on the move. interstate highway act 1956 law that authorized the...
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Chapter 17 Section 2
Society on the Move
Interstate Highway Act
1956 law that authorized the spending of $32 billion to build 41,000 miles of highway
Sunbelt
Name given to the region of states in the south and the southwest
Service Sector
Businesses that provide services rather than manufactured goods
Such as healthcare, law, retail, banking, or insurance
Information Industry
Businesses that provide informational services
Computers• ENIAC, first computer, took up 18,000
square feet, or the size of three basketball court
Franchise Business
Allows company to distribute its products or services through retail outlets owned by independent operators• Holiday Inn’s founded by Kemmons Wilson
Multinational Corporation
Companies that produce and sell their goods all over the world• General Motors, General Electric, IBM, and
Coca Cola
AFL-CIO
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization labor unions united in 1955
First president, George Meany
California Master Plan
Called for three tiers of higher education: research universities, state colleges, and community colleges, all of which were to be accessible to all of the state’s citizens
Post War Changes in U.S.
Society Economy Education
Society
Growth of Suburbs Build affordable houses in a hurry Highways linked suburbs to cities
Society
Increase in automobile ownership Ownership jumped from 26 million in
1945 to 60 million in 1960
Society
Interstate highways Eisenhower funded for first major
highways Around 41,000 miles built
Society
Family travel to national and state parks
Society
Migration to the Sunbelt
Society
Shifts in political representation• When people moved the political power went
with them
• The suburbs and sunbelt gained representation
Economy
Service Economy
Economy
Fewer people in manufacturing and farming
Economy
Multinational corporations
Economy
Franchise Businesses
Economy
AFL-CIO
Education
More people attended college
Education
Federal people attended college
Education
States boosted funding for public universities
Education
California Master Plan
Causes and Effects of Moving to the Sunbelt
Causes• Jobs in new industries
• Better Climate
• Housing Shortage Effects
• Population growth and the development of air conditioning
• Population growth and the development in political power
• Growth of suburbs
Classwork
How did Americans living in the suburbs benefit from the “car culture”?
How did the Interstate Highway System spur the growth of the suburbs
In what ways did American businesses change during the postwar period?
How did American education change in the years following World War II?