FOR:
The government as America
The Housing Act in 1949 made the US a poor nation. In order to provide better housing, the government issued an order to tear down the slums, and renew them with high rises. The already poor people living in the slums became homeless, losing their only possession, their crummy house.
The people as America
Agribusiness in the 1950s was the new way to process food. Farmers were put out of business because they can't keep up with the demand and the cheap prices of the foods from agribusiness. Farmers became a part of the poor America.
AGAINST
700'000 Puerto Ricans migrated into the US in 1955. They all moved there to find jobs in factories. These factories relocated to the suburbs, and the jobs disappeared. This is because poor imigrants can't afford to live in the suburbs, so they are forced to life in the urban.
Between 1945 and 1960, about 5 million African Americans migrated into the US in search for a job. Most of them settled in the urban, but the factories relocated in to the suburbs. Just like the situation above, African Americans can't afford to life in the suburbs.
