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Name: Keiayra Cephas

HIS-144: America after World War II Directions: Using resources from the Topic 5 Readings, including your textbook, materials provided by your instructor through class discussion, and materials from the GCU Library Guide for HIS-144 US History Themes, respond to the six prompts below. Each answer to the questions should be a minimum of 100-200 words The overall assignment must include three to five relevant scholarly sources in support of your content. While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. Wikipedia, Ask.com, ehow.com and other online information sites, encyclopedias, or dictionaries are not considered university academic sources and are NOT TO BE USED. 1. Explain the G.I. Bill. In what ways does it change America? The GI Bill of Rights which is also known as the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, was a law created that provides assistance to returning American soldiers following their military service (Gale U.S., 2020). The GI Bill changed America because it allowed the GI’s access to higher education and training, low mortgages and loans for farms, home purchase and businesses. It allowed more people to go to college and own their own business or homes. The resulted in growth of American middle class as more and more Americans experienced social and economic mobility. Only a small number of veterans took advantage of the benefits in which the VA only spent less then 20% of the overall funds (Gale, 2020).

2. Why did suburbanization occur after World War II? What changes does suburbia bring to American society? Suburbanization occurred well before the World War 2 have taken place. Suburbanization was an important result of innovations in homebuilding which made homes more affordable. William Levitt was one the most famous post war suburban developers. He used new mass production techniques to construct large housing developments. The changes suburbia bought to the American Society was changes in demographics, marketing growth in automobiles and the government becoming more involved with the housing development. A lot of people rushed to buy the very affordable homes and families were eagered to start families because it was much more affordable (Brinkley, 1997). 3. Why is the automobile so important to post war America? 1

Automobiles was so important post was America because the success of Disneyland depended largely on the ease of highway access from urban areas and the vast parking lots surrounding the park. This was an overwhelming influence of automobiles on American life and landscape in the post war era. Having automobiles resulted in more highway construction and made traveling from one place to another more time efficient. It also made trucking more economical rather than railroads to be able to transport goods to markets. With steady declining railroads, trucks, bus and automobiles made were either faster or faster than a train and was also more reliable. Garages were built into houses after the war and with an automobile people were able to move larger items and also more into bigger homes. It also made it easy to move into homes that were faraway (Schultz, 2016). 4. Describe gendered spheres in American society before WWII and how they changed after the war. Before the World War 2, the gender roles in the American Society were straight forward, the men were the financial providers while the men stayed home and do house chores while even taking care of the children. During the World War 2, there were factories that were mainly opened for men, but they needed new help, so they allowed the women to come and work and with that it grated more opportunities in the factory industries. When the war was over women and men started to leave back to their traditional roles and that’s when the employers new how well women work and how they can also keep up with the men work. The women became pretty equal while working to roles that the men were also doing (Andreas, 2013).

5. What was the role of religion in post-World War II American society? Religion played a major role in post-World War 2 American society. The American Revelation offering a moral sanction for opposition to the British an assurance to the average American in which the revolution was justified through the sight of God. Traditional Christianity faced challenges during the first half of century in the 1920s but after the second great war they were eager to establish its spiritual wells. In the 1950s, church funding’s, institutional building, religious memberships and the traditional faith and practice increased. Religion has remained as a vibrant and vital part of the American cultural even while generations past (Rholetter, 2018).

6. Explain the development of youth culture in post war America. One of the most powerful cultural forces for the youth in American was the popularity of rock and roll. After the World War 2 it made a huge impact on youth culture. It gave children and teens the ability to be able openly express their interest in things and also express their taste in music, fashion and other things didn’t or couldn’t do. Children started to demand new trendy styles to keep up with the popularity. The American middle-class children thought that 2

their country can tackle any issues or problems that come their way. The middle-class youth were growing a culture that encouraged them to expect rich and fulfilling lives. The youth relentlessness was a result of prosperity itself while growing sense in youth with limited possibilities and declining power from traditional values as thrift, discipline, and selfrestraint (Schultz, 2016).

References "GI Bill of Rights." Gale U.S. History Online Collection, Gale, 2020. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/LGQGEX337837974/UHIC? u=canyonuniv&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=f51cae98. Accessed 10 Feb. 2022.

Schultz, K. (2016). HIST 4 (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Wadsworth

Brinkley, A. (1997). The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People. Volume Two: From 1865. NYC: NY: McGraw-Hill. Rholetter, W., PhD. (2018). Religious Journalism. Salem Press Encyclopedia. Katharina Andres. (2013). Fashion’s Final Frontier”: The Correlation of Gender Roles and Fashion in Star Trek. Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 5, 639–649. https://doiorg.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.135639

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