PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Question
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Middle class white families moved to suburbs
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There was an increase in taxes
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They weren’t being rebuilt from damage incurred during war
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There was a decrease in segregated public housing
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Detailed explanation-1: -However, the end of World War II brought about a new social phenomenon known as the suburbs. These residential communities were sought out by many city residents because they wanted to escape their crowded neighborhoods and find lower cost of land and housing. This occurrence is known as suburban sprawl.
Detailed explanation-2: -Racial fears, affordable housing, and the desire to leave decaying cities were all factors that prompted many white Americans to flee to suburbia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Suburban living promoted the use of automobiles for transportation, which led to a vast expansion of America’s highway system. Suburbs’ emphasis on conformity had negative effects on both white women and minorities.
Detailed explanation-4: -Suburbs completely changed the way Americans live. It provided a new sense of life. The housing was more inexpensive, and a lot of racial threats and dears diminished out in the suburbs. This gave many Americans incentive to live in the suburbs.
Detailed explanation-5: -The prosperity of the 1920s gave new impetus to suburban development. Increased value of urban property enabled many persons to sell city residences at a profit and move to more commodious quarters in the suburbs.