COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Federal Aid Highway Act
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Lan Management Act
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Mass Transit Act
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Starbucks Act
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Detailed explanation-1: -On June 26, 1956, the Senate and House both approved a conference report on the Federal-Aid Highway Act (also known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act). Three days later, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed it into law.
Detailed explanation-2: -Interstate Highway System-The Myths. President Eisenhower conceived the Interstate System. President Eisenhower supported the Interstate System because he wanted a way of evacuating cities if the United States was attacked by an atomic bomb. Defense was the primary reason for the Interstate System.
Detailed explanation-3: -The government spent billions on the highways-jobs, manufacturing, more gas stations, food stations, shopping centers, shopping centers, hotels, motels. the new highways boosted the travel and vacation industries.