Postwar America

1
Postwar America

• Boom or Bust!
• A New American Dream

2
The air up there

• Nikita Khrushchev follows Stalin
• Compete economically and scientifically
• Space race-Sputnik launched 10/4/57, 1st
  satellite, Soviet success
• US follows in 1/58

3
U-2 Performs

• Spy planes over Soviet Union, photos of troop
  movements, missile sites
• Francis Powers shot down, 1960, in SU
• Flights stopped, no apology
• Summit off, tension grew once more

4
Living in America

• Veterans given govt help (loans, unemployment,
  education, business)
• Suburbs eased crowded living conditions
• Many war marriages end in divorce (gt mill) Why?
• Late 40s saw high inflation and unemployment
• Consumer economy/defense spending helped.
  (national debt) to spend/desire

5
American Dream

• Post war Happy and successful life
• White collar/service jobs expanded
• Conglomerates Major corp. owning s of
  small/non-related businesses
• Franchise (San Bernardino, Cali)

6
BOOM!!!....

• Babies, babies, babies1 per 7 seconds
• Highways/Autos/Suburbs
• 13 Mill homes/85 subs
• Effects
• Suburban malls
• Business centers reduced
• Deteriorated cities
• Racial balance offset

7
Medicine, Women and Childcare

• Polio and typhoid fever are treatable
• Books on childcare
• Sales, sales sales
• 10 mill students/short?
• Mother/homemaker
• Media power?