What were the various political and economic causes and effects of the rise of affluence after World War II?  Must have at least 3 vocabs GI Bill of Rights baby boom productivity Sunbelt service sector franchises Ray Kroc multinational corporations AFL-CIO Levittown FHA loans Interstate (Federal) Highway Act consumerism median family income nuclear family de jure segregation de facto segregation The Other America urban renewal Appalachia   Use it as a guide Two main causes of the rise of affluence are government spending and private spending/actions Government spending: Building of infrastructure/housing Federal Highway Act GI Bill of Rights Government spending: Investment in the military military-industrial complex Private spending: new innovations in business models Franchises (McDonalds-Ray Kroc), Multinational Corporations (Ford) Private spending: consumerism Levittown, Sunbelt, baby boom Effects of the rise of affluence are that wealth was concentrated in the hands of white suburban people while others did not do as well Rise of corporations and franchises  eliminated many small and unique businesses Jobs followed middle class people to suburbs Most car and other factories in the suburbs now Education and job training concentrated in white America; school segregation De jure segregation, The Other America Housing discrimination: most middle class wealth is tied to home FHA Loans, redlining, Levittown De facto segregation Government programs targeted black middle class neighborhoods for destruction Federal Highway Act Urban Renewal  Rural America was left out of most of the prosperity of the 1950s Appalachia

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  1. What were the various political and economic causes and effects of the rise of affluence after World War II? 

Must have at least 3 vocabs

GI Bill of Rights
baby boom
productivity
Sunbelt
service sector
franchises
Ray Kroc
multinational corporations
AFL-CIO
Levittown
FHA loans
Interstate (Federal) Highway Act
consumerism
median family income
nuclear family
de jure segregation
de facto segregation
The Other America
urban renewal
Appalachia

 

Use it as a guide

    • Two main causes of the rise of affluence are government spending and private spending/actions
      • Government spending: Building of infrastructure/housing
        • Federal Highway Act
        • GI Bill of Rights
      • Government spending: Investment in the military
        • military-industrial complex
      • Private spending: new innovations in business models
        • Franchises (McDonalds-Ray Kroc), Multinational Corporations (Ford)
      • Private spending: consumerism
        • Levittown, Sunbelt, baby boom
    • Effects of the rise of affluence are that wealth was concentrated in the hands of white suburban people while others did not do as well
      • Rise of corporations and franchises  eliminated many small and unique businesses
      • Jobs followed middle class people to suburbs
        • Most car and other factories in the suburbs now
      • Education and job training concentrated in white America; school segregation
  • De jure segregation, The Other America
    • Housing discrimination: most middle class wealth is tied to home
      • FHA Loans, redlining, Levittown
      • De facto segregation
    • Government programs targeted black middle class neighborhoods for destruction
      • Federal Highway Act
      • Urban Renewal 
    • Rural America was left out of most of the prosperity of the 1950s
      • Appalachia

 

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