Chapter 32

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Chapter 32

Lecture Response and Essay

5 Things learned from the lecture

The average price of a black and white television 249 .95 , was almost 8 of the average annual family income , and not much more than today 's prices for a color tv

12 million veterans helped produce more than double a population of 40 million in 10-15 years

The suburbs were born with a 50 increase in home ownership

There was a credit card boom with an 800 increase in credit use p

There was a college boom with nearly 3 times as many college graduates in the 50s

5 Things learned from the reading

Air conditioners became common household appliances

The African-American population in Chicago more than doubled , partly due to technology being used on cotton farms

There were more white collar workers than blue collar workers , which was also due to technology

Part of the concept of the ideal suburban woman was that she had been a teen-aged wife and mother

Under God ' was added to the Pledge of Allegiance , and In God we trust ' to currency . I assumed it was there originally and not added so recently

The servicemen 's readjustment act , GI bill

After World War II many veterans came home to find life completely different . Changes in technology and post-SS2 and pre-Col War issues had changed the employment landscape . Some veterans found it difficult to re-integrate . As early as 1932 displaced veterans began marching on Washington , D .C . demanding...