Slide 1 Slide 2 The Coming of the War 1931-1942 Slide 3 Slide 4  Pearl Harbor/”a date which will live in infamy”- US naval base in Hawaii that was bombed by Japan…

Slide 1Columbia Main Street, 1942 I see plenty of male soldiers…where are the females in service? Slide 2 Here they come! Women were eager to serve their country’s armed…

Slide 1A portion of Levittown, a mass-produced suburb on Long Island, New York, 25 miles east of Manhattan (1948). The Postwar Boom Many Americans enjoy new material comforts…

Slide 1The Truman Years 1945-1953 The Fair Deal -“The Buck stops here!” Slide 2 Readjustment & Recovery 15 million soldiers returned home –Servicemen’s Readjustment…

Slide 1 Life in America 1950s Culture Slide 2 Soldiers Return! $35 million cancelled war contracts 1 million defense workers laid off Inflation of consumer products BUT……

Slide 1Chapter 19 The Postwar Boom Summary Many Americans enjoy new material comforts and new forms of entertainment during the post-war economic boom. Yet racial gaps remain,…

Do Now: “I’m Mrs. Edward M. Barnes. Where do I live? What words or phrases would you use to describe the housing development depicted in this cartoon? How do you think…

Chapter 19: The Postwar Boom Section 1: Post War America California Academic Standards: 11.8.3, 11.10.1, & 11.10.2 11.8 Students analyze the economic boom and social…

Essential Question: How did the U.S. mobilize civilians at home to help win World War 2 & what impact did this have on American society? Warm-Up Question: What other…

Defense technology transfer and operational assets and capability transfer (DTOT) to Support regional economic development in the Context of Defense Industrial Adjustment.…