module 13 - u.s. cultural mish-mash
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Module 13
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Strong economy (healthy job market, increased productivity, increased demand for American products)
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……a healthy job market increased productivity a healthy job market increased productivity and a demand for American products.and a demand for American products.
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“The Baby Boom”, which led to changing demographics
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Interstate highway system
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A Need for More Housing and CarsA Need for More Housing and Cars
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The entire system, as of 2006, has a total length of 46,876 miles (75,440 km), making it both the largest highway system in the world and the largest public works project in history. The Interstate Highway System is a subsystem of the National Highway System.
The Interstate Highway System was authorized by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 – popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956 – on June 29.
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Evolving role of women (expected to play supporting role in the family, but increasingly working outside the home)
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Role of Eleanor Roosevelt in expanding human rights
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Eleanor Eleanor RooseveltRoosevelt::
Helped Helped expand expand
women’s and women’s and workers’ workers’ rights…rights…
Eleanor Roosevelt1884 - 1962
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……she also she also wanted equal wanted equal rights for rights for African African Americans and Americans and other other minorities… minorities…
Marian Anderson receives the Spingarn Medal from Eleanor Roosevelt
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……and was and was U.S. U.S.
delegate to delegate to the United the United
Nations.Nations.
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Growth of suburbs
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……the the suburbssuburbs and changing demographics. and changing demographics.
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