Sectional Desertion: Big Cities After World War II Honors U.S. History.
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Sectional Desertion: Big Cities After World War II
Honors U.S. History
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Money
• GDP increased from 200 to 500 billion dollars• G.I. Bill – Low interest loans for vets to purchase
homes and/or attend college• Shortage of housing resulting from veterans
– Suburbs outside of major cities growing– Levittown
• Baby Boom – Explosion of birth rate– Public Schools– College– Social Security/Retirement
Levittown Original Documentary
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Effects on Big Cities
• White Flight – Caucasian citizens leaving big cities after WWII– Cities were integrating before WWII– Big cities losing tax base
• Essential programs (education, police, etc) lose funding
– Urban Renewal Program attempts to provide funding for blighted areas