HIST 118 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Montgomery Bus Boycott, Limited Government, Ten Commandments
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Stable prices, low unemployment, and a rising standard of living. The west (government contracts in defense spending) Agriculture tech means less need for farm workers, so they migrate west (3 million of them) Housing, television sets, home appliances, and cars. The shopping mall (new form of shopping center) Creates a need for motels, drive-in theaters, and road side eating establishments. By the end of the decade 9 out of 10 american families owned a t. v. Provides a common culture, presents a bland lifestyle with wife being low compared to man, but everything always turns out ok, no real controversy. Baby boomers are the ones watching this and learning these ways, come from a great family but rebel. Women worked to support middle-class lifestyle(mostly part time) Couples married young and had an average of 3. 2 children. Feminism disappears and is thought of as a mental disorder.