Essay About Low Interest Loan And 1St Mass

Chapter 17 the Cold War Begins (1945-1952)
Chapter 17 The Cold War Begins (1945-1952)
Postwar America
Fear: Americas were terrified the U.S. would fall into another depression and economic hard times would return
Problem: Finding jobs and housing for returning soldiers became a large issue
GI Bill of Rights/ Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944
Stated that returning soldiers can now go to college at the governments expense
Each veteran could receive a low interest loan to buy a home, a farm or start a business
Veterans enrolled in school rather than taking up spots in the job pool
Promise of home loans created jobs to build homes for veterans and produce materials needed
Baby Boom (1945-1960)
-More than 50,000,000 babies born in the U.S. during this time period
Suburban Growth
-People moved out into the suburbs as transportation became more readily available
-Mass produced low priced homes (identical houses)
-1st Mass produced low priced community was in Levitt Town, New York
Rise of the Sunbelt
-People began to move from the north/west into the south
-Moved because they had lower taxes
Postwar Politics
-Truman was a very basic, honest, continue New Deal programs President
– problem in office was inflation and strikes
Civil Rights:
-Truman was the 1st to began Civil Rights by desegregating forces
-In Election of 1946 the Republicans took control of both houses, making it hard to get things done like FDR did
22 Amendment
-Limited the President to two terms
-Recation to FDR serving 4 terms and to prevent a Hitler or Stalin from taking over the US
Taft-Hartley Act (1947)
-Permitted states right to past “right ” laws
-outlawed secondary strikes
Iron Curtain
-Brought attention to the issues
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