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SOCIAL. CULTURAL. POLITICAL:THE U.S. IN THE 1950S

Allan M. Winkler

NCHE – TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY

Dekalb, Georgia

January 30, 2013

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Tootle’s Story

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Questions to Consider

• How Can We Describe the Post-World War II Mood?

• Why Was There Such Conformity?

• How Did the Political World Reflect the Cultural World?

• Who Shared in the Prosperity?

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Postwar Mood

• Optimism– Victory in the War & Atomic Supremacy

– Full Employment & Material Wealth

– The Baby Boom

– Impact of the G.I. Bill

– White Collar & Blue Collar Gains

• Pressures & Problems– Returning Servicemen

– Prices & Wages

– Fear of Another Depression

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Economic Growth & Prosperity

• Population

• Economic Indicators

• Suburbanization

• The Car Culture

• Malls

• New Toys

• Television

• Disneyland

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Population Increase

• The Baby Boom– 1950: U.S. Pop. =

152 Million

– 1960: U.S. Pop. = 181 Million

• Medical Advances– “Miracle” Drugs

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The Baby Boom

10

15

20

25

30

1930 1940 1947 1955 1970 1990

18.7

26.6

14.4

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Population Increase

• The Baby Boom– 1950: U.S. Pop. =

152 Million

– 1960: U.S. Pop. = 181 Million

• Medical Advances– “Miracle” Drugs

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Economic Growth & Prosperity

• Population

• Economic Indicators

• Suburbanization

• The Car Culture

• Malls

• New Toys

• Television

• Disneyland

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Economic Growth & Prosperity

• Population

• Economic Indicators

• Suburbanization

• The Car Culture

• Malls

• New Toys

• Television

• Disneyland

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The Car Culture

• The Car Culture– Zero to 6 million in

annual sales.

– 4 out of 5 households were mobile.

– Interstate Highway Act of 1956

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Economic Growth & Prosperity

• Population

• Economic Indicators

• Suburbanization

• The Car Culture

• Malls

• New Toys

• Television

• Disneyland

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Economic Growth & Prosperity

• Population

• Economic Indicators

• Suburbanization

• The Car Culture

• Malls

• New Toys

• Television

• Disneyland

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Economic Growth & Prosperity

• Population

• Economic Indicators

• Suburbanization

• The Car Culture

• Malls

• New Toys

• Television

• Disneyland

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The Culture of Conformity

• The Corporate Impact• The Silent Generation• Religion in America

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Challenges to Conformity

• Holden Caulfield in The Catcher in the Rye

• Randle Patrick McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

• Allen Ginsberg & the Beats

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The Age of Elvis

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Harry S Truman & the Fair Deal

• Truman’s Background & Early Career

• Truman’s Qualities• Scandals• The Fair Deal Defined• Problems in Congress• Reelection in 1948• The Fair Deal in

Perspective

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Dwight D. Eisenhower & Republican Resurgence

• Ike’s Background• Ike’s Qualities• Modern

Republicanism• The Budget & its

Problems• Ike’s Presidency

Assessed

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The Fifties in Perspective

• A Sense of Well-Being

• Shadow of the Cold War

• Outsiders Left Out of the American Dream

• Issues Waiting to Explode


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