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Provided veterans finantial aid for education and housing
GI bill
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dismantling of the huge US war machine
demobilization
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two benefits for working for a corporation
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most signifcant postwar population shift
from cities to suburbs
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location of levitttown
NY
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community at the edge of city
suburb
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offered peace of mind, security and sense of belonging. membership increased rapidly from 40s-60s
church
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peaked in 1957, a baby born every seven seconds
baby boom
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TV program from 50s
Buffalo Bob
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Dr. Jonas Stalk is famous for this
polio vaccine
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Betty Friedan wrote this book to ID dissatisfaction of some women
The Feminine Mystique
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Name of book second to Bibile in sales in the 1950s
Baby and Childcare
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those unable to achieve American Dream
minorities/poor
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topic of michal Harrington's The Other America
the invisable poor
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located in southeastern US, hardhit with poverty post WW2
Appalation Mountains
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From 1953-1956, this program deported 3 million illegal Mexican aliens
Operation Wetback
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Voluntary Relocation program helped this group find housing and jobs in the cities
Native Americans
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During the postwar period did the numbers of farms increase or decrease?
decrease
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The approximate cost of a house in levittown, NY
$12,150
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Wrote Baby and Child Care
Dr. Benjamin Spock
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Wrote the Feminine Mystique
Betty Friedan
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