Write a document based essay on the following:
Conduct a comprehensive study of Consumerism, Affluence, Suburbanization, and Racial relations in postwar America. Why was the 1950's considered "the age of affluence"? What policies and trends of the decade promoted growth? How was Racial inequality and segregation exasperated in these years?
Documents:
1. Statistics: "Postwar Society: United States in 1947." The Gilder Lehman Institute of American History. www.gilderlehman.org . 2012.
2. Sabo, Kyle. "The Levittown Legacy: Segregation in Suburbia?" Teaching Local History. Social Science Docket; Vol. 3 Number 2, Summer-Fall 2003. Pgs. 12-14.
3. Brinkley, Alan. "The Fifties: An Affluent Society." The Gilder Lehman Institute of American History
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by- era/1945-present/fifties . Accessed 2/6/2017.
4. "The G.I.Bill." Salem-Keizer School District. Date Accessed 2/6/217/
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1st paragraph of the body: Consumerism and a quote about consumerism
2nd- Affluence and suburbanization
3rd- racial relations including quotes that go along with the topic
Conclusion