HIST 1302 Study Guide - Final Guide: Blue-Collar Worker, Electronics Industry, Frozen Food
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Discuss the main social events of the postwar era from 1945 to 1960. Moved to the suburbs (levittowns) -- suburbs contained 1/3rd of the population by 1960. Started to have more children -- baby boomer generation following ww2. 3, 4, even 5 children as compared to american families in the 1930s who only had 1, maybe 2 children. Economy boomed due to increase in residential construction. Factories began producing both very rich and very poor middle class . Some divided it further into upper lower , lower middle , upper middle or blue collar, white collar, and professionals. Life in the suburbs depended on the automobile: shopping malls, commuting to work, extracurricular activities, Families spent a lot of time together and extended family became remote figures to the family. appliances & tv"s for homes. New consumer products: frozen food, cigarettes, high-fidelity phonographs, cars with automatic transmission & tubeless tires. Supermarkets near suburbs carrying array of products for a well-balanced diet.
