political
The term Red scare means the potential uprising of a communist power. After WW2 the second red scare occured and it was referred to as McCarthyism. It was called this because of it's biggest supporter Joseph McCarthy. McCarthyism increased popular fear of communist espionage consequent to
Economic
The GI BIll was an amazing thing for the soldiers after they returned home from ww2. Solders came home from war and needed money and the bill granted them their pay. It also gave people money for college if they wanted it. This was very helpful because a lot of themen came straight out of high school and with this money they could attend college and get better jobs. The bill gave war vets better lives.
Social
With all these soldiers coming back from war and back to their true loves there was a big population increase. The baby boom. This term refers to anyone born between 1946-1964, theres and estimated 78 million americans born in this time period.