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second migration
the migration had dealt with the African Americans over 5 million left from up north is the south and southwest they left do to similarities of the first migration but mostly for the jobs that continued to open -
G.I bill
it gave servicemen chances to go to colleges and trade schools or buy houses or business. because serviceman were going to trade schools it help advance technology -
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rock and roll
the popularity of rock and roll resulted in a powerful impact on society when jazz,blues and country was combined it created rock roll -
air conditioners
many of the central changes in our society after ww2 wouldnt have been possible if ac was not keeping homes and work places cool.everyone wanted ac down at the sun belt so when it was exploding around 1950's cars. -
polio vaccine by dr.jones salk
jonas salk developed the first effective polio vaccine in 1952.his vaccine was tested in the Francis field trial when it began it involved approximately 4,ooo children but would grow eventually involve around 1.8 million children across 44 states -
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baby boom
baby boom happened for older Americans who had postponed marriage and child birth during the great depression and ww2 were joined in the nations maternity wards by young adults who were eager to start families after ww2. -
creation of n.a.s.a
on this day in 1958 president Dwight d .Eisenhower signed an act creates this national aeronautics and space admi station -
pes kennedys moon spech
"we choose to go to the moon" was deliverd by jfk it was one of kennedys earlier speeches meant to persuade the american people to support the national effort to land a man to the moon and return him back safely to the earth to help begin the space race against u.s.s.r during the cold war -
friendship 7
the friendship 7 is a capsule that john glenn went to space went to space in and he was first american to orbit the earth it led to mercury into earth orbit and enable glenn to circle earth 3 times john glenn is responsible for more students studying math and science and being interested in space than any -
apollo 11
the apollo 11 mission was arguably the most significant event during the space race between the u.s soviet union it was significant because buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the 1st people to step foot on a whole other world