This document provides an overview of the economic boom that occurred in the United States after World War II. It discusses factors that contributed to the economic growth, such as war savings giving people money to spend and women entering the workforce. Programs like the GI Bill and growth of the suburbs also supported economic recovery. The postwar period saw rising standards of living, consumerism, and cultural changes like the emergence of rock music and the teenager subculture. However, it was also a time of social tensions regarding civil rights.

1. Chapter 27 The Post War Boom

2. PARTICIPATION Page 842 chart For each graph, indicate which years showed the biggest increases. Read “Remarkable Recovery.” What created this economic growth after WWII?

3. Review World War II (pg 804) Long-term causes German discontent with Treaty of Versailles Economic instability in Europe Rise of totalitarian governments (Mussolini, Hitler) Short-term causes Expansion of Germany, Italy, and Japan Failure of appeasement German invasion of Poland Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

4. Review World War II (pg 804) The Allies Axis Powers Pearl Harbor Propaganda Womens’ Baseball Adolf Hitler The Holocaust Benito Mussolini Joseph Stalin Winston Churchill Franklin D. Roosevelt D-Day Battle of Britain Atomic Bomb Battle of Stalingrad Aircraft of WWII Japanese Internment Nuremburg Trials

5. Review World War II (pg 804) Immediate Effects Defeat of Axis Powers Destruction, immense loss of life Recognition of Holocaust Founding of United Nations Long-term Effects Rise of U.S. and Soviet Union as superpowers Cold War Soviet control of Eastern Europe Divided Germany Development of nuclear capability

6. Chapter 27- The Post War Boom Readjusting GI Bill of Rights Paid part of tuition Unemployment benefits Low-interest loans to buy homes/businesses Housing crisis Suburbs : small residential communities surrounding cities Levittown Page 857

7. Chapter 27- The Post War Boom Readjusting Family changes Women working found new independence Economic recovery War savings meant people had money to spend when the war ended Page 842

8. Chapter 27- The Post War Boom Harry Truman Roosevelt died in 1945 “ The Buck Stops Here” Truman supports Civil Rights Asked for ban on poll tax, a federal anti-lynching law, and a permanent civil rights commission Higher prices and lower wages plagued his presidency

9. Chapter 27- The Post War Boom Truman and Ike Fair Deal Extension of Roosevelt’s New Deal Nationwide system of health insurance Crop-subsidy system Korean War Stalemate Dwight D. Eisenhower up for election “ I Like Ike” (1952)

10. Chapter 27- The Post War Boom Eisenhower’s Presidency “ Modern Republicanism” Conservative with money Liberal with human beings Brown v. Board of Education Public schools must be racially integrated Civil rights protests Civil disobedience

11. Chapter 27- American Dream Split Sections 2 and 3 into six parts 5 groups Each group gets one part to read As a group, create a summary of the most important parts of your reading Each group member must write the summary down Then, we’ll re-number and make 6 new groups Each new group will have at least one person from each of the original groups Must create a presentation of the sections for the class Should be six different presentations

12. The Organization and Organization Man Suburban Lifestyle Automobile Culture and Road to Suburbia Consumerism Unbound New Era of Mass Media and Emergence of Teenager Subculture and African Americans and Rock n Roll Chapter 27- American Dream