McCarthyism Impact on Society: Causes the US government to review its own employees, the 2nd Red Scare, paranoia that everyone is communist
Communist "Witch Hunt" and impact on those accused: People that were accused were put in jail, lost their careers, Hollywood became more conscious of what made it to the big screen
Space Race Impact on government policies: US put money into the education system to create better scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, money was put into the space program in the race to the moon
Cold War mind set for the United States Government and public: People were afraid of Communism coming to the US, money was put into the education system to focus on science to aid in the competition of the Space Race, money was put into the creation of a space program in the United States
Relationship of suburbs, automobiles, and roads: Roads and cars allowed people to be able to commute to the cities for work and live in the safer suburbs, this relationship encouraged more people to move from the cities to the suburbs, the wide use of cars influenced the creation of highways all over the country
Baby Boom: Soldiers came home from WWII and had families, the removal of social and economic restraints and the departure of 20 years of "tough times" were important conditions for the Baby Boom to happen, kids and teens became a target market in marketing as a result of the Bay Boom
Urban-Suburban Pattern: The city center is were the business district is and where low income families live, the next layer after the inner city is the middle income suburbs, and the farthest layer form the city center is where the high income suburbs are
GI Bill: Government aid for returning WWII vets that included college financial aid, loans to buy homes and businesses, and one year of unemployment pay
Expansion of the Middle Class (Why were things "affordable"): Soldiers returned and had families, moved to Suburbia, goods were made in the US, an economic boom occurred after WWII, cars were affordable and readily available, homes were made one way in the suburbs which made homes affordable
