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Baby Boom
The Baby Boom More children are born in the 1950s than any
other decade child born every 6.9 seconds
Reasons Reunion of families after the war Decreasing marriage age…down to about 21
for women and 23 for men Advances in medicine Economic Prosperity
Suburbs GI Bill of Rights- guaranteed veterans a
years’ worth of unemployment benefits while job hunting; also paid part of their tuition
GIs purchase homes outside of the urban cities
Sub-developments became popular and the idea for the “cookie cutter” home was born
Ideal image that the man worked and the woman raised the family
Truman Supports Civil Rights
July 1948- issues executive order for desegregation of the armed forces Also called for an end to discrimination in
hiring government employees 1947- Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn
Dodgers, becoming the first African American to play in the MLB
The Election of 1952
Democrat: Adlai Stevenson Republican: Dwight D. Eisenhower
“I like Ike” VP: Richard Nixon
Eisenhower wins
Business
Business Franchises begin…McDonalds opened its
first doors in Illinois in 1955 Disney Land opened in California in 1955
Advances in Medicine
Vaccine- drug to fight and prevent childhood diseases
First developed in 1950s Dr. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for
polio Baby boom had impact on child care and
economy
Leisure
Leisure becomes important to those who survived the difficulties of the Great Depression and WWII Peak of comic book production and sales baseball reaches its zenith Bowling alleys open in almost every city in
America Boy and Girl Scouts numbers reach all time high Swimming pools become popular at both homes
and public locations Magazines
Automobile Culture
Suburban living made owning a car necessary
Interstate Highway Act- authorized the building of a nationwide highway network President Eisenhower 41,000 miles of highways Led to new suburbs Decline in the use of railroads Provided jobs: drive-in movies, restaurants,
malls Negative: pollution, accidents