2- Impact Of WW2 Flashcards
What did ww2 enable the USA to do?
Expand industrial and military complexes- created many jobs and ended unemployment.
Many African Americans and women were now able to get jobs.
What did conscription resolve?
Resolved unemployment. 16 million men and women served in the US armed forces
How many people unemployed in 1944 compared to 1939
670,000 in 1944, 9.5 million in 1939
What did war bonds being cashed in lead to?
A surge in house building (low interest rates for servicemen),
Rationing left behind(consumer goods being bought),
What was the American average standard of living compared to Britains in 1960
American 3x Britain
Where did many middle class families move to and why
The suburbs, it was a place to own your own home and raise a family away from danger
What was the first suburb
Levittown on Long Island
What did luxuries become
Necessities
How much did the baby boom increase the population by
40 million
How many people owned homes by 1960
33 million
