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Description
Flashcards by Milana Nikolova , updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Milana Nikolova
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| GNP 1940 | $99 BILLION |
| GNP 1950 | $285 BILLION |
| GNP 1960 | $500 BILLION |
| personal buying power (wages) 1950 | $8.4 BILLION |
| personal buying power (wages) 1960 | $45 BILLION |
| salaries of white families in 1953 and 1960 | $4,300-> $5,600 |
| salaries of non-white families in 1953 and 1960 | $2,500 -> $3,200 |
| population in 1940 and 1955 | 130 million -> 165 million |
| Why did urbanisation happen? | 1. higher quality of life in cities 2. easier to acquire consumer goods 3. 1.8 million black people escaped the poverty and discrimination of the Old South by moving to Northern cities |
| people in urban areas in 1950 and 1960 | 1950 - 96 million 1960 - 125 million |
| people in rural areas in 1950 and 1960 | from 23 million to 13 million |
| 1960s black areas in cities | Watts (LA) West and North Philadelphia South Bronx and Harlem (NY) |
| high-rise buildings built in cities 1949-1959 | 320,000 (not enough) |
| conditions attached to the sale of a house in the suburbs | restrictive covenants; could not be sold to Jewish or Black Americans, in order "ensure racial cohesion" |
| who created restrictive covenants | The Federal Housing Administration |
| Levittowns | 40s, 50s typical suburbia white and middle class potential residents given cheap loans |
| how many families owned homes in 1960 | 3 in 5 families (it was the norm to own a house) |
| how many people moved to the suburbs 1950-1960 | 18 million |
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