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Affluence and Anxiety

29. Affluence and Anxiety. The Postwar Boom. 1945–1960: Rapid economic growth Demand for consumer goods Heavy government spending during cold war Baby boom and shift of middle class to suburbs – depend on automobiles Employment expands. The Reaction to Sputnik.

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Affluence and Anxiety

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  1. 29 Affluence and Anxiety

  2. The Postwar Boom • 1945–1960: Rapid economic growth • Demand for consumer goods • Heavy government spending during cold war • Baby boom and shift of middle class to suburbs – depend on automobiles • Employment expands

  3. The Reaction to Sputnik • 1957: Russians launched Sputnik • American response • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) • National Defense Education Act—upgrade the teaching of science • Sense of failure, declined by 1960

  4. The Interstate Highway System

  5. The Struggle Over Civil Rights • Cold War prompted quest for American moral superiority • Legal discrimination against African Americans challenged U.S. self-image • Criticize Soviet Union for human rights violations • Blacks expected more in postwar America • Truman integrated Arms Forces

  6. Desegregating the Schools • 1954: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka • Segregation in schools unconstitutional • Desegregate “with all deliberate speed” • Massive resistance in Deep South – integration very slow • 1957: Eisenhower’s actions • Federal troops sent to Little Rock, Arkansas

  7. The Beginningsof Black Activism • Rosa Parks (active member of NAACP) refused to give up her seat to white man • Parks inspired the Montgomery bus boycott • 1955: Martin Luther King, Jr. led Montgomery bus boycott • King leads non-violent protests again segregation • Sit-ins protest segregation

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