Category Archives: May 2 Assignment
It brought positive outcomes….
1- Integration of Blacks into suburban neighborhoods 2- Expansion of the economy: during wartime migration was encouraged, therefore newcomers had opportunities to live and to work in industrial cities, expanding the economy 3- People were working again: as mentioned by … Continue reading
Shifts during wartime
1. The World War II effects were varied. Military cost increased. But at the same time, expenditures on military created job opportunities and expanded industrial capacities. The war actually ended depression. “In 1944, at the war’s height, only 1.2 percent … Continue reading
The American Dream
1) “Much of the Suburban expansion would not have occurred had not federal highway construction provided access to rural land for development” (Chudacoff 220). I disagree with this statement. I think the suburban expansion would not have occurred had there … Continue reading
… and so they ended the War with a “Bang”!!!
5. The expansion of opportunities for same-sex relationships. 4. Migration to the suburbs and the “Sunbelt”, which was that area surrounding the Southwestern states and majority of the old Confederacy. 3. The expansion of housing which contributed profusely to the … Continue reading
Changes Between 194I & 1974
1) The integration of minorities from ghettos and segregated areas for minorities to urban cities. However various forms of racial discrimination still occured. 2) Increased partaking of women in the labor industry in place of the men that went off to war. … Continue reading
WWII Got Me Rich!
1) As many historians state, World War II was the major cause of mobilization, lowering depression from 25% to 1.2%, and the federal bureaucracy increasing in size from 1.1 million to 3.4 million. 2) Due to participation of men in … Continue reading
Seeds of Change
1. Women became leading components of war industry manufacturing, replacing the men that went to war. 2. Because of the sex segregated environments cultivated by the war, establishments were created that catered to those with same sex desires. Rapidly spreading from … Continue reading
Changes During WWII
1. Unemployment decreased; A decrease in unemployment is the most important change to me because once the Great Depression hit, a lot of people lost their jobs and the unemployment rates were really high. So a decrease shows a major … Continue reading
Assignment due 5/2
List at least 5 ways that cities and suburbs changed between 1941 and 1974 according to Chudacoff. Rank your list from most important to least important (in your opinion) by putting numbers 1-5 next to each item. Write one paragraph … Continue reading