The Gemini program was valuable to the future space programs because: Gemini astronauts worked to perfect methods of re-entry and landing. It was carried out during the year 1965 to 1966 to shape up the future space programs and send the first man to moo successfully in due course. The program was conducted by NASA.
The US entered WW2 during the great depression, but the war sent them into an economic production boom in the 50s and 60s and created many new jobs for the returning soldiers. This was the beginning of a lot of consumerism