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The Postwar Economy Booms
Chapter 15.1
Photo depicts happy white middle class family at home in front of TV
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Using the pictures & the following clips, write five (5) words to describe the American Dream in the 1950s.
Suburban dad grilling by swimming pool in backyard with mother and son nearby
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Capture from clip of Pleasantville
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More of Peggy Sue and Toby Maguire in Pleasantville
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How was the American society of the 1950s different from the 1930s?
Photo of the extreme baby boom: ten kids, all siblings
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Capture from start of clip on post-Korea relief and optimism
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What was the GI Bill of Rights and how did it help returning veterans?
• Law which allowed servicemen to attend college with government assistance ($)– Over 8 million did
• Whole families boarded in “Veteran Villages” off- campus
• Subsidized rents for GI’s too young for houses
• Gave vets and families a sense of community
• Dance halls, big band shows, bowling
• Provided America with a highly trained & educated workforce
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What are some of the economic indicators of growth during the post WWII years?• Car owners
– 2 million sold in 1946– 8 million sold in 1955
• TVs– 1 million in 1948– 7.5 million in 1950
• GNP– $100,000,000,000 in 1940 – $300,000,000,000 in 1950
• US made up 6% of world population and produced half the world’s goods!
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How were wages affected during the 1950s?
• Factory Workers– $3,300 in 1950 – $5,300 in 1960
• Real Income =– Income adjusted for
inflation (rise in prices)– rose 20%!
• Americans had more discretionary income– Money to buy creature
comforts (not just necessities)
Photos of 1950s era TV and washing machine
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Consumer Society
Capture from clip on the consumer society
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How did advertising change in the 1950s?
• Created new needs and desires through hidden messages– Facial cream= beauty– Freezer= plenty – car= status symbol– mouthwash= popularity
• Used the television to shape Americans minds and make them status conscious
Above: woman poses with ad for TVs; below: kid’s folks bought him a Superman t-shirt
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Capture from clip on our ‘love affair with TV’
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TVAnother capture from a clip on television
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Describe Corporate America in the 1950s:• Encouraged conformity• White collar-workers
(office) were told:– How to dress– Which country club to
belong to– Points of view (political)
• Important positions filled with white males
• Women filled secretarial positions
• Minorities shut out
DVD cover: “The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit”
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clip
Capture from clip on the new white-collar careers for men
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How did one’s occupation change in the 1950s?• America started to
become a Post-Industrial Service centered economy
• Started to go from factory to white collar (office) jobs
Chart shows decline in farm population as people did other things for a living
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How did the automobile affect American society in the 1950s?
• National Highway Act 1956 – 40,000 miles of federal highways
• 58 million cars sold in the 1950s!• Drive-in economy, food,
entertainment• People commuted greater distances to
work. • Suburbs grew
– Farmland sold for development– Urban flight
• Gas consumption increased
Above: interstate clover leaf; middle: drive-in movie; below: suburbia
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Cars
Capture from another clip on cars