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G.I. Bill
benefits to veterans included cash payment, living expenses for collage, and one year unemployment compensation. Exposure to combat was not required, but needed 90 days of active duty. -
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ROCK AND ROLL
the popularity of rock and roll resulted in a powerful impact on society when jazz , blues and country was combined it created rock and roll
- Elvis Presley was one influencing young adults to be independent making some disobedient towards their parents -
Frienships 7
~ A capsule that john glenn went to space in and he was the first american to orbit the earth. It led to mercury into earth orbit and enable glenn to circle earth 3times john glenn is responsible for more students studying math and science and being intested in space than everyone. -
creation of NASA
President Dwight E. Eisenhower signed an act crates this National and space Administration (NASA). He called the sign an history. for the United States spic age. since the end of ww2 the united states had work to make brking in rocket science. -
Pres. Kennedy's "moon speech"
" we choose to go to the moon " , was delivered by jfk it was one of Kennedy's earlier speech meant to persuade the American people to support the national effort to land a man to the moon and return him back safely to the earth. To help begin the "space race" against u.s.s.r during the cold war -
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COLD WAR
-March 12, 1947 was the Truman Doctrine
-November 9, 1989 was the Berlin Wall. -
Apollo 11
mission was arguably the most significant event during the space race between the U.S & soviet union, it was significant because Buzz Aldrin & Neil Armstrong were 1st people to step foot on the whole other world and help secure the win for space race for U.S -
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BabyBoom
~happened for older Americans had postponed marriage & childbirth during the great depression & ww2 were joined in the nations maternity wards by young adults wo were eager to start families after ww2
~had a impact on the buying habits of Americans & contribute about 77% of the wealth accumulated in America Baby Boomers had impact on social security once they retire, most baby boomers will be retiring & this will drain social security -
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2nd Great Migration