Economic Events

  • GI Bill

    A new set of benefits for returning veterans
  • The Television

    The TV gained extreme popularity and everyone was out to buy them.
  • National Interstate and Highway Act

    The building of several highways
  • Johnson's Great Society

    A list of programs, domestic policies and legislation
  • Economic Opportunity Act

    A bunch of programs aimed at helping Americans in poverty. This is the most important one because several acts were placed to aid those who needed it. It secured jobs for people and accomplished some the things the New Deal could not- lowering the unemployment rate