PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1960S
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growing families wanted to retreat from the noise & pollution of the cities
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the GI Bill of Rights made living in the cities too expensive
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William J. Levitt offered cash bonuses to people that moved to towns named after him
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The new Interstate Highway System Made it difficult to get in & out of cities
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a result of the GI Bill that guaranteed home loans, the post-war Baby Boom, and low housing prices, families in the 1950s started to move to the suburbs. Levittown in Long Island, New York, is widely recognized as the first modern American suburb. It had swimming pools, shopping centers, and backyards.
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: -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-4: -Between 1940 and 1950, suburban communities with more than ten thousand people grew 22.1 percent, and planned communities grew at an astonishing rate of 126.1 percent.