HIS222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Truman Doctrine, G.I. Bill, Space Race
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P quote of the day: the best thing that we did was steal your social security *grins, lifts up coffee cup* Roosevelt"s new deal is enforced including gi bill. Soldiers have a place to go when they get home, they can get an education- they went to war and won. Stuck with the atomic bomb but most americans felt it was necessary to have the atomic bomb. Things seemed right- people start having children (baby boomers) Income forst about 48%- real wages rose from average of 3100 to 5600. It seemd that inequality and poverty went away. As long as you were white, you could buy a house and raise a family. We believed that we did something good and it was a good time to have kids. 7% of the world"s land area is america. Number one invention of the 50s- plastic. Created a material that never goes away.
