readjustment after wwii
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Readjustment after WWII. The Family Rising Divorce rate. Why? 8 million worked during war How to be a good wife. Readjustment after WWII. The Economy US Gov’t cancelled wartime orders $35 billion 1 million workers laid off 10 days after Jap. surrender War ends Aug 1945 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Family◦ Rising Divorce rate. Why?
8 million worked during war
◦ How to be a good wife
Readjustment after WWII
The Economy◦ US Gov’t cancelled wartime orders
$35 billion◦ 1 million workers laid off 10 days after Jap.
surrender◦ War ends Aug 1945◦ By May 1946, 3 million are unemployed◦ Prices skyrocket
Not enough consumer goods (people wait on line) Coffee, sugar, beans
◦ 2 years before prices stabalize
Readjustment after WWII
Recovery◦ $135 billion in savings◦ What did they do with the $$$?
Cold War helped economy◦ How?◦ What were we spending money
on? Marshall Plan
◦ Foreign market for US goods
Readjustment after WWII
Television 1951: $ 795 2011: $6790
Truman had to restore economy Strikes
◦ High prices, lower wages◦ 4.5 million workers
Threatened to draft them◦ You can make soldiers do anything
Went to Congress for permission◦ Unions gave in before speech was over
Economic Challenges
Truman = Democrat Republicans asked: “Had Enough”? 1946: R. controlls Senate & HOR
◦ Cancels a lot of pro-labor laws
Economic Challenges
African-Americans still unequal Congress won’t act Truman signs executive orders
◦ Integrates the military◦ Ends discovery in hiring gov’t employees
Civil Rights
Election of 1948 Rep- Gov. Thomas Dewey (NY)
◦ Liberal Republican Dem- Pres. H. Truman (Mo)
◦ Civil Rights/ Fair Deal Prog- Sec. Henry Wallace
◦ Civil Rights/ Socialism Dixiecrats- Gov. Strom Thurmond (SC)
◦ State’s Rights◦ Pro segregation
Election of 1948
Harry Truman (D-MO) Tomas Dewey (R-NY
Election of 1948 Truman (D)- 49.6%/ 303 Dewey (R)- 45.1%/ 189 Thurmond (Dixie)- 2.4%/ 39 Wallace (P)- 2.4%/ 0
1951: Truman is unliked◦ Korean War◦ McCarthyism◦ Doesn’t run for re-election
Reps talk about rise of Communism in China & E. Europe
Nominate Dwight D. Eisenhower◦ “I Like Ike”
Republicans
Eisenhower wins Middle of the road Conservative when it comes to money Liberal when it comes to human beings
Raised minimum wage Extended Social Security Increased $ for public housing Interstate highways Won re-election in 1956
Republicans
The Other AmericaWho am I talking about?
Urban Poor25% living below poverty level
Mostly minoritiesAfrican Americans, Latinos, Native
Americans
Middle Class whites moved to suburbs◦ Took businesses & money◦ Isolated from other races
Rural poor African Americans moved to cities◦ $ in cities decreased◦ Less taxes◦ Poor schools, fire, police, transportation
People in suburbs refused to believe poverty could exist in USA
White Flight
Provide decent home & job to every family Tear down old buildings
◦ Replace w/ low income housing Created new Cabinet position
◦ Housing & Urban Development
Lots of housing replaced by parks, stadiums, roads, malls, parking lots◦ What is the problem here?
Urban Renewal