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The Fabulous Fifties

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IMPACT OF THE GI BILL

  • Law Passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher education

THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM

  • Created during Eisenhower Administration which spurred drastic growth in the automobile industry.
  • It also helped encourage more suburbs

I LIKE IKE

  • One of the first things to come to mind when President Dwight Eisenhower is mentioned is the famous slogan “I like Ike.” Paired with that slogan in 1952 was this animated video in which a parade of people marches off to Washington, D.C. in a show of support for Eisenhower’s campaign

STEREOTYPES AND GUNSLINGERS

  • It had a negative impact on kids due to violence

FRANCHISE

  • Individual right to do business using the parent company's name and the system that the parent company developed

THE TERMINATION POLICY

  • The closing of the bureau of Indian affairs; the government in no longer financially responsible for the health and well-being of Native Americans