Concept Guide topic 10

                         McCarthyism Impact on Society

The McCarthy Era was a bad time for freedom in America. Encompassing far more than the brief career of Senator Joseph McCarthy, it was the most widespread episode of political repression in the history of the United States. In the name of national security, most Americans - liberal and conservative alike - supported the anticommunist crusade that ruined so many careers, marriages, even lives.  From the dumbing-down of Hollywood and the decline of the labor movement to the war in Vietnam and the post-Watergate sleaziness of contemporary politics, McCarthyism has cast a heavy shadow over America’s political and cultural life.
      Communist " Which Hunt" and impact on those accused

• a lot of people left without their jobs
• a lot of famalies were destroyed
• Big Ten were sent to jail

              Space Race impact on government policies

• U.S government spent more money on education.
• the competition between Soviet Union and U.S became bigger.

       Relationship between suburbes, automobiles and roads.
As people started to move out from the big cities to suburbes the roads and highways were developing.People wanted to change the way of their life. It was more comfortable to live in suburbes.
But people were still working in big cities so they needed to get to work. That's why the number of automobiles and roads had increased.
                                      Baby Boom
Causes:

• 20 years of "tough times"

         - Great Dipression 1929 - 1939
         - WWII 1941 - 1945

• Removal of social and economic restraints that kept people from having families.

1946 - 1960 - baby boom;
1955 - 1 baby was born every 7 second.
                         Urban - Suburban pattern
Inner city is where low income families lived and all people were working there. Business center.
Suburbs were for middle income families with medium sized houses. But the fartherest away were suburbs where high income families lived in the biggest houses.
                                     GI Bill
People were giving 4 years in military to "win" 4 years of free college. Government said that if you go to the military for the term you will get a free education in college.
                     Expansion of the Middle Class
As middle class expanded they needed more products and more products were made. That's why it was enough for everybody not like durind the war. So things became cheaper so even middle class could' ve afford it.