- Led the push against Anti-American Activities
- Charges writers, producers, and directors in Hollywood with such acts
- Goes after many government officials for such acts
- Pushes the fear of communism to new heights in the US
Communist "witch hunt" and impact on those accused:
- Resulted in the imprisonment of hundreds of people
- Resulted in the "checking" up on of hundreds of government and military officials
- Many homosexuals "checked" up on
- Seen by many as a major breach of the governments Constitutional power
- Thousands of people lost jobs, careers, etc.
Space Race impact on government policies:
- Soviet Union vs. The United States
- Soviet Union beat us into Space (Sputnik 1)
- The United States passes legislation that puts major emphasis on education
- Leads to the United States putting a man on the moon
- The start of the Cold War
- Beginning of NASA and many other space programs.
Cold War mindset for the US government and public:
- Fear of Communism's spread throughout the world
- Fear of the USSR advancing further than the US technologically
- US fear of the spread of Communism into the US.
Relationship of suburbs, automobiles, and roads:
- Suburbs away from cities, quieter
- More reliance on cars
- Many families even owning multiple cars
- 1956 Interstate Highway Act
- Able to live out of the busy cities
- American dream.
Baby Boom:
- With the end of the war, men came home and began to start families
- End of the depression
- No longer any social or economic restraints to hold people back from having families
- Led to economic BOOM
- Also the cause of some problems in our world today.
Urban-Suburban pattern:
- Business district
- Inner cities where low income families live
- Suburbs where middle income families live
- Outer Suburbs where high income families live.
GI Bill:
- Provides money for the education of soldiers returning home
- Unemployment compensation
- Loans
- Still around to this day
Expansion of the middle class (why things were affordable):
- Baby Boom!!
- Credit!!
- Homes become cheaper due to the creation of the suburbs
- New items being made for purchase
- discretionary income!
