concept guide 10

McCarthyism:is the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. it instilled fear and paranoia in all Americans

communist witch hunt effect on the accused:the ones who were accused of being a communist suffered from there reputations being ruined and sometimes even jail time

space race impact on government policies:space race influenced the government to spend much of its budget on education,also to spend alot of its budget to technological advancement

cold war mind set on the government and the public:the people and government became fearful and paranoid. the government also Begin using the "new look policy" which turns its military spending on nukes rather than a lager military

Baby boom:a spike in the amount of births right after ww2 was at its peak from 1949-1959. was caused mainly because of the lack of marriage and men in the country during ww2

GI bill:was for solders to expand there carriers in the military and to also get an college education

expansion of middle class:thing became much more affordable because of the economic boom cause by the victory of ww2