| A | B |
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| Consumer Culture | personal happiness dependent on buying & owning things |
| Suburban Migration | People moved out of cities to leave the things they don't like about cities, but to live near enough to cities to enjoy the things they like about them |
| 1950s "American Dream" | to own a home, send your kids to good schools, live in a safe community, & have economic security |
| 2 reasons why the Baby Boom happened | 1. Soldiers came home from WWII and Korean War; 2. Families could afford to have more kids |
| Baby Boom | Period from 1945-1961 when over 65 million babies were born |
| How did women's roles change during the 1950s? | More married women (1/3 of all married women) chose to have a job outside of the home |
| Juvenile Delinquency | anti-social or criminal behavior of people below the age of 18 |
| Why was Juvenile Delinquency a problem that could not be ignored? | Because middle and upper class white kids were part of the problem in Juvenile Delinquency |
| 2 demographic (population) shifts of the 1950s | Baby Boom & Suburban Migration |
| Causes of the Suburban Migration | 1. People had more money (the average family income tripled); 2. More cars & better roads/highways made commuting easier |
