As the soldiers of WWII returned from the battlefield and reintegrated into civilian life, the government strove to provide new benefits that previously had been unheard of. Many scholars attribute this new robust government assistance to the gains of the New Deal legislation and the belief that the federal government needed to be more involved in the economic engine of the country. The GI Bill included many programs to assist returning Americans. One of the most important to many Americans was the VA loans which made suburban life possible for many. “Redbook made this film to convince advertisers that the magazine would help them attract the white suburban consumers they desired. The ‘happy go spending, buy it now, young adults of today’ are depicted by the film as flocking to the suburbs to escape global and urban turmoil.” Redbook Magazine, “In The Suburbs” (1957).  Based on the video above, why was life in the suburbs so attractive to 1950s Americans? Is suburban life still attractive to 21st century Americans? Compare and contrast life in the 1950s to today.

As we covered last week, despite the current nostalgia about the post-WWII period as a golden age, 

What is the frame story of The Thousand and One Nights?

What does the green girdle symbolize in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?

What is Aeneas’s primary duty in The Aeneid?

During pre-hospital care of a patient with hemorrhagic shock, the goal of the treatment and transport should be to:

EMS providers are referring to the patient care report while testifying in court. Select the characteristic that will make the PCR legally legitimate.

Your elderly patient takes medication to control heart rate, lower BP, and increase urinary output. What is the significance of this combination?

After bringing a patient to the hospital, a physician informs you that the patient has an abnormally high potassium level. A high potassium level is known as which of the following?

What is the treatment for any altered mental status patient with a blood glucose measured at 50mg/dL even before the patient’s medical history is known?