America’s History: Printed Page 866
America’s History: Value Edition: Printed Page 766
| REVIEW QUESTIONS | Answer these questions to demonstrate your understanding of the chapter’s main ideas. |
What factors led to the economic prosperity of the postwar era?
Why did the suburbs become so significant for Americans in the 1950s? How was suburban life related to middle-class consumption?
Who were the people left out of the postwar boom? How do you account for their exclusion?
THEMATIC UNDERSTANDING Review the events listed under “America in the World” and “Work, Exchange, and Technology” for the period 1930–1945 on the thematic timeline and for 1945–1960. Explain how the United States began the 1930s in deep depression with unemployment near 25 percent and ended the 1950s with an expanded middle class and a consumption-driven economy.