Topic 1O Concept Guide

1) McCarthyism Impact On Society: Publicizing Accusations , Led The House Committee On Un-American Activities- Hollywood Blacklist -> Attracted Young Idealists Seeking Power For The Common Working Man Over 300 Actors , Authors And Directors Were Denied Work In The U.S Through The Hollywood Blacklist 2) Communist "Witch Hunt" And Impact On Those Accused: People Lost Their Jobs , Imprisonment 3) Space Race Impact On Government Policies: The Soviet Launched 'Sputnik' 1st Artificial Satellite , U.S Then Puts Man On The Moon , Start of the Cold War Battle Of The Soviet Union & U.S 4) Cold War Mind Set For The United States Government And Public: Feared Communism And Being Defeated- Started Cold War 5) Relationship Of Suburbs , Automobiles , And Roads: Less Crowded , Increase Of Car Usage ; Interstate Highway Act 1956 6) Baby Boom: 1946-1960 Men Returning From War , Increased The Consumer Demand 7) Urban-Suburban Pattern: Low Income Families , Suburbs: Middle Income Families , Further suburbs: High Income Families 8) GI Bill: Gave Loans 9) Expansion Of The Middle Class: Men From WWar Started Families , Baby Boom , Moving To Suburbs