BLOG ASSIGNMENT
The Great Society-Discrimination(p. 690)
economic gains...
farm production went up 50 percent
wages rose 10 percent
pay off mortages
womens jobs rose to 35 percent of all jobs
african amaerican workers
imigrants and migrants to cali.. war triggered this
defense industries doubled or ever tripled
social adjustments
women --hard time taking care of kids because work
veterans went to college paid by the govmnt--7.8 million
GI BILL OF RIGHTS--provided ed, and training to vets
REMEMEBER WAR BONDS-
taxes rose during war
high taxes to pay for war
BABY BOOM
birth rate shot up in 1941
EMIC--emergency medical and infant care
THEN WE WENT
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