A New Culture Emerges

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A New Culture Emerges
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A New Era Emerges

• The GI Bill helped change American society as it
  offered to send former soldiers to college and
  low-interest mortgages to veterans who wanted to
  buy homes
• Due to this spur in production, 13 million homes
  were built during the 1950s and 18 percent more
  Americans became homeowners.
• These changes helped usher in a new era.

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New Cars Lead To

• During the 1950s a record 58 million cars were
  sold
• Auto makers now catered to the needs and wants of
  the American public and began making cars that
  appealed to people
• New things such as fast food drive-ins and
  drive-in theaters became popular.
• President Eisenhower also created an interstate
  highway system after his experience in WWII.

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The Growth of the Suburbs

• Now people could drive to work and didnt have to
  live as close to their jobs.
• The suburbs also became popular because the
  housing was affordable and now 1/5 of America
  lived in suburbs.
• People also began to move out West and into the
  Southwest to warmer climates

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Good Economic Times Lead To

• The baby boom with a child being born every 7
  seconds in the 1950s and this continued on until
  the 1960s.
• The baby boom generation was the first to pay
  close attention to what was on television.
• T.V. shows like the Lone Ranger, Lassie, and The
  Mickey Mouse Club Emerged

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New Medical and Ideological Breakthroughs

• Dr. Jonas Salk introduced a new vaccine that was
  meant to deal with polio, a disease that affected
  58,000 people in 1952.
• People that were affected with the worst aspects
  of this were confined to iron lungs
• Dr. Benjamin Spock also came up with a theory
  that said early childhood experiences influence
  an individuals entire life.