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The 1950’s

The 1950’s. AKS. 50a - describe the baby boom and the impact as shown by Levittown, the Interstate Highway Act, and the G.I. Bill of Rights. EQ. What was the post WWII boom? How did it change American culture?. Impact of WWII. Veterans return home GI Bill housing unemployment benefits

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The 1950’s

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  1. The 1950’s

  2. AKS • 50a - describe the baby boom and the impact as shown by Levittown, the Interstate Highway Act, and the G.I. Bill of Rights

  3. EQ • What was the post WWII boom? How did it change American culture?

  4. Impact of WWII • Veterans return home • GI Bill • housing • unemployment benefits • Loans • Education • Suburbs created • Levittown, PA

  5. Truman Integrates the Military • African Americans, especially veterans, demand rights as citizens • Congress rejects civil rights laws; Truman issues executive orders • integrates armed forces; ends discrimination in government hiring

  6. I like Ike! Eisenhower wins in 1952 and 1956

  7. The “American Dream”

  8. The Baby Boom • 1950s, 85% of new homes built in suburbs • 1945–1965 baby boom—soaring birth rate after soldiers return

  9. Women’s Roles • Magazines, TV, movies glorify role of homemaker, mother • 1960, 40% mothers work; limited opportunities, less pay than men

  10. Think-Pair-Share • Summarize the role of women in the 1950’s.

  11. Impacts of the Automobile ?

  12. Impacts of the Automobile • New businesses • Pollution • Whites leave cities • Accidents • People do not need to live close to their jobs • Suburbs

  13. Pop Culture in the 1950’s

  14. Television

  15. Commercials

  16. Movies

  17. Music

  18. Literature

  19. Come up with 5 words to describe pop culture in the 1950’s

  20. The “Other America”

  21. White Flight • 1962, 25% of Americans below poverty level • Post WW II–1960, 5 million blacks go from rural South to urban North • White flight results in loss of businesses, tax payers to cities

  22. Review • Describe the impact of the GI Bill? • What was the impact of the automobile? • What is white flight?

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