Post-War American Society
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- Created on: 11-12-17 02:01
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- Post- War American Society
- The American Dream
- Opportunity is available to any American
- The average American earned triple the wage of the average Brit
- Consumerism
- 1950s, US produced nearly half of the world's goods
- GNP doubled
- Hire purchase became the norm
- The amount of people buying on credit increased by 800% from 1945-1957
- Family and Suburbia
- Motherhood was embraced
- BABY BOOMERS
- 76 million babies born 1955-1964
- By 1960, 25% of Americans lived in the suburbs
- 1945-1960, number of people owning a car increased from 25 million to 62 million
- 1950, 49% were church members.
- The American Dream
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