truman and eisenhower – domestic (1945 – 1960) chapter 13
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Truman and Eisenhower – Domestic (1945 – 1960)
Chapter 13
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Postwar Confidence and Anxiety
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11.8 - Students analyze the economic boom and social transformation of post–World War II America.
11.8.1 - Trace the growth of service sector, white collar, and professional sector jobs in business and government.
11.8.2 - Describe the significance of Mexican immigration and its relationship to the agricultural economy, especially in California.
11.8.3 - Examine Truman’s labor policy and congressional reaction to it.
11.8.4 - Analyze new federal government spending on defense, welfare, interest on the national debt, and federal and state spending on education, including the California Master Plan.
11.8.5 - Describe the increased powers of the presidency in response to the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War.
11.8.6 - Discuss the diverse environmental regions of North America, their relationship to local economies, and the origins and prospects of environmental problems in those regions.
11.8.7 - Describe the effects on society and the economy of technological developments since 1945, including the computer revolution, changes in communication, advances in medicine, and improvements in agricultural technology.
11.8.8 - Discuss forms of popular culture, with emphasis on their origins and geographic diffusion (e.g., jazz and other forms of popular music, professional sports, architectural and artistic styles).
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Postwar Confidence and Anxiety
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Chapter 13-1: An Economic Boom
• You have learned• That Americans in the
1920s made mistakes that led to the Great Depression.
• That World War II gave enough of an economic push to the country’s economy that the unemployment rate fell from 25% to 1%.
• Now you will learn• How the United States
changed economically, socially, and politically, following the Second World War.
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Build Background Knowledge
• How might providing a free education to millions of men change their lives and society?
• How might millions of new babies change society?
• What guarantees were there that after the war the Great Depression would not return?
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Cornell Notes
• CSS – 11.:
• CSS – 11.:
• Essential Question:
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Postwar Confidence and Anxiety
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An Economic Boom
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The Nation Recovers From WarThe GI Bill and Returning Vets
• Demobilization• Discharging members
of the military so they can go home
• Now what do I do?
• GI Bill of Rights• Financial Aid
• Schooling• Housing• Businesses
A Baby Boom• Soldiers returned home
• Got married• Had kids• AND bought lots of stuff• Spending increased –
jobs created• 1957 – one baby every
7 seconds
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The Nation Recovers From WarWartime to Peacetime Economy
• During the war• People made and saved
money• After the war
• People spent lots of money
• Created inflation• 18% in 1946 alone
• Factories• Tanks to automobiles
U.S. Dominates the World’s Economy
• Europe and Asia in ruins• The U.S. becomes the
world’s factory• Other countries buy
from us until they get back on their feet
• New Technologies• Computers, atomic
energy• Increased worker
productivity
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What do these pictures represent?
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An Economic Boom
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Truman Overcomes Huge Obstacles
Congress and Labor• Inflation had been
18%• Prices going up
• Workers threatening strikes for higher pay
• Taft-Hartley Act• Outlaw the closed shop
• Only union members can work
• Truman vetoed• Congress overrode veto
Angering Segregationists & the Election of 1948
• Truman desegregated the military
• Election of 1948• Truman upset challenger
Dewey
• Proposes “Fair Deal”• National Health
Insurance• Congress would not pass
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An Economic Boom
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Postwar Confidence and Anxiety
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Chapter 13-2: A Society on the Move
• You have learned
• How President Truman attempted to deal with economic problems following the end of the Second World War.
• Now you will learn
• How economic changes affected business, government, and everyday life.
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Build Background Knowledge
• Why do some Americans prefer to live in the suburbs vs. the country or city?
• What is so “cool” about owning a car?
• What is the difference between a road and freeway?
• What does it mean to provide someone a “service”?
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Cornell Notes
• CSS – 11.:
• CSS – 11.:
• Essential Question:
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Postwar Confidence and Anxiety
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A Society on the Move
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Americans Move to the SuburbsSuburbs Attract Young Americans
• Shortage of urban housing
• William Levitt• Levitt Town New York
• Bring the assembly line to the land
• Cookie cutter homes
• GI Bill• FHA (Federal Housing
Administration)
The Car Culture• Suburbs
• Caused dependence on cars
• Drive-in• Movies• Restaurants
• Shopping malls• Status symbols
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The 1950s Automobile
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A Society on the Move