During its Second Red Scare (1947-1957) a distinct set of domestic policies and conservative social mores came to dominate popular culture and interpersonal relations in the United States.
In the aftermath of World War II, the birth rate spiked in the United States as millions of young men were discharged from the armed forces and began to establish new households.
African American men were eligible for GI Bill’s provisions and home loans, but many were prevented from buying houses in suburban areas because of redlining and other techniques of the racial segregation in the United States.
Other members of society who were excluded from the postwar ideal of middle-class employment and home ownership included, among others, women and Asian Americans.
Japanese Americans released from the World War II internment camps returned home to find their property confiscated.