Advantages And Disadvantages Of Interstate Highways

The 1950’s post world war two, brought prosperity to the United States. America was receiving many advantages from winning the war. Compared to Europe, Americans were living very affluent earning 15 times more than the average European. Europe was becoming impoverished and their economy was deteriorating. During Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, one of the United States biggest projects were the interstate highways. This shorten the travel time to driving through states and driving cross country. The development of the interstate highways gave Americans a sense of freedom. After this project was complete, it brought about an increase in industrial development. Because many people can now afford cars this caused the boom in the automobile industry. The baby boom also sprouted new innovations. With the population increasing many began to buy new homes. The increase in home building developed the suburban area. With the invention of air conditioning, the south was more realistic for living. Many people migrated to places such as California, Florida, and Georgia. This lead to people
Roosevelt proposed two major ideas. He believed that the first step was to ensure that the Soviet Union would continue in the war against Japan. His second approach was to end the United States reputation of isolationism, and participate in internationalism. Winston Churchill also had his own views of postwar world. He wanted to concentrate on reestablishing France and Poland as independent and democratic nations. Stalin’s goals focused on imperialism; his target was to re-claim the territory given to Poland by Russia. He also wanted the Soviet Union to have main control over countries in Eastern Europe. Topics such as postwar Germany, and the newly termed United Nations were also discussed at the Yalta