1) GI Bill of Rights-- Congress passed an act known as the GI Bill of Rights or the Serviceman's Readjustment Act in order to help veteran's return to their life was easier. This was passed in 1944. It encouraged veterans to get an education. How it did this was it paid for part of their tuition. They had a year to find a job and would get unemployment benefits while looking. This bill also let the veterans get low interest on federally guaranteed loans. Most of the families took advantage of this and bought farms and homes, or to make a business out of something.
2) Baby Boom-- After World War II had ended, the soldiers had returned home. This created a baby boom. During the late 1940's and the early 1960's the birth rate had extended majorly. 1957 was the high of the baby boom. In America a baby was being born every seven seconds. A result of this was the largest generation in U.S. History.
3) Truman's Fair Deal-- This was an extension to Roosevelt's New Deal. This raised the hourly minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents. 10 million more people were covered by Social Security. It also gave more effort toward flood control and irrigation projects.
4) 1948 Election-- This election was created as the biggest upset in American history. Truman vs Dewey. This was the fifth time in a row that the Democrats had won an election.
5) 1952 Election-- Stevenson vs Eisenhower. Stevenson was nominated by Truman. Eisenhower won by a landslide. He, Eisenhower, was the oldest man to become president since Buchanan.
6) 1956 Election-- Stevenson vs Eisenhower. This was just mainly known as a rematch of the election of 1952 when Eisenhower had defeated Stevenson four years earlier. Eisenhower had some major illnesses.
7) Vaccine for Polio-- Jonas Stalk produced the first vaccine in 1952. The world was let known in 1955. This was the injected dose. There has been two different vaccines. Albert Sabin was the one the came up with the vaccine that you take by mouth. It began in 1957 and was "official" in 1962.
8) Interstate Highway System-- The more cars that were being produced the more highways that were needed. President Eisenhower signed the act in 1956. It okay-ed the making of 41,000 more miles of transportation systems. The interstates made it possible for hauling trucks.
9) Termination Policy-- This policy basically said that the government was done being responsible for the Native American tribes. It took away the federal economic support, stopped reservation systems. This was a failure. Native American's couldn't find jobs.
10) Brown vs Board of Education-- This made the separate schools for blacks and white unlawful. Now they had to go to the same schools and have an equal amount of potential with each others education.
I think that there were all of good changes throughout this time. I think it was a huge time for our nation.
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