https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3 Meet Patel, Anthony Warakomski, Tyler Riordan, Edward Joseph Jimenea, Collin Acompora en-us 2017-03-29 17:13:59 UTC 2017-03-31 12:21:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png mpatel2017 https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163495986 During the mid 1950s, Capitalism was the form of economics that best suited the United States. It largely benefits a democratic government. Capitalism gives people the freedom to achieve greater things by competing with others who have similar or opposing goals. Also, in a capitalistic economy, the government has less interference on an individual's right to make their own living. Capitalism emphasizes the freedom that America has been trying to establish. ]]> 2017-03-29 17:18:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163495986 ejimenea2017 https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163496015 Government leaders in the 1950's (like the president) had the power to serve as commander in chief of the armed forces, grant reprieves and pardons for federal offense, and make treaties. ]]> 2017-03-29 17:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163496015 cacampora2017 https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163496042 The political allies that America had during the 50's were

This Image is a map of all the allies in NATO that were political allies with America ]]> 2017-03-29 17:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163496042 awarakomski2017 https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163496295 During the 1950's Americas government was Prosperous.  The economy grew over 37%. At the end of the decade, the median American family had 30% more purchasing power than at the beginning.Inflation, which had wreaked havoc on the economy immediately after World War II, was minimal, in part because of Eisenhower's persistent efforts to balance the fedeal budget. Except for a mild recession in 1954 and a more serious one in 1958, unemployment remained low, bottoming at less than 4.5% in the middle of the decade.Many factors came together to produce the Fifties boom. The G.I. Bill, which gave military veterans affordable access to a college education, added a productive pool of highly-educated employees to the work force at a time American businesses were willing to pay great for engineering and management skills. Cheap oil from domestic wells helped keep the engines of industry running. Advances in science and technology spurred productivity. ]]> 2017-03-29 17:18:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163496295 triordan2017 https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163496410 Right to private property
Right to own a business
Right to freedom of choice
Right to freedom of competition. The most fundamental right is the right to own private property. This means people can freely buy and sell property amongst themselves, as well as pass it on to future generations. The right to own a business and its profits enables a free-market economy to develop. And, freedom of choice means people can choose what they do with their lives.

]]> 2017-03-29 17:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163496410 cacampora2017 https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163773107 July 16 1945 was the first time the atomic bomb was tested in the United states. and this marks the age and start of the nuclear arms race and a coming time of extreme tension between nations. ]]> 2017-03-30 17:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163773107 ejimenea2017 https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163778760 2017-03-30 17:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163778760 ejimenea2017 https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163787872 2017-03-30 17:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163787872 ejimenea2017 https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163943561 Harry S. Truman]]> 2017-03-31 12:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mpatel2017/mg5gqxbzql3/wish/163943561