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CHAPTER 19 THE POST WAR BOOM THE NIFTY FIFTIES

CHAPTER 19 THE POST WAR BOOM THE NIFTY FIFTIES. Outlawed closed shops. The practice of businesses hiring only union members Businesses had to be “open shops”. TAFT-HARTLEY ACT. Helped WW II veterans College Home Business. GI BILL. Levittown . ASSEMBLY LINE HOMES.

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CHAPTER 19 THE POST WAR BOOM THE NIFTY FIFTIES

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  1. CHAPTER 19 THE POST WAR BOOM THE NIFTY FIFTIES

  2. Outlawed closed shops. The practice of businesses hiring only union members Businesses had to be “open shops” TAFT-HARTLEY ACT

  3. Helped WW II veterans College Home Business GI BILL

  4. Levittown ASSEMBLY LINE HOMES

  5. CITY TO SUBURB POPULATION SHIFT

  6. LABOR STRIKES Were a problem Threatened to draft them INTEGRATION Supported civil rights Pushed congress to pass laws – they would not Executive order Integrate the armed forces TRUMAN

  7. 1948 Election Civil Rights is key issue for Democrats Southern Democrats Strom Thurmond 1956-2003 DIXIECRATS

  8. Introduced as an extension of the New Deal Crop Subsidy Nation wide health insurance Raise minimum wage Extended social security Flood control and irrigation projects TRUMAN’S FAIR DEAL

  9. Eisenhower wins Nixon is vice pres. Checkers 1952 ELECTION

  10. Brown v. Board of Education Rosa Parks

  11. Did not believe a federal law was necessary The ENFORCER Eisenhower and Civil Rights

  12. Alaska and Hawaii become states under Eisenhower

  13. SWITCH from BLUE COLLAR to WHITE COLLAR JOBS

  14. AT&T General Electric AOL/Time Warner Walt Disney Sony CONGLOMERATE

  15. McDonald’s A company that offers similar products and service at many locations McDonald’s FRANCHISE

  16. SOCIAL CONFORMITY

  17. MADE POSSIBLE BY New highways Gasoline automobiles COMMUTING

  18. WONDERFUL DREAM HOME SINGLE FAMILY HOME GOOD SCHOOLS SAFE WHITE PICKET FENCE SUBURBAN LIFE

  19. THE BABY BOOM

  20. Jonas Salk Polio vaccine

  21. WOMEN OF THE 1950S

  22. AUTOMANIA

  23. Easier trucking Towns grew Vacations Shopping centers grew Industries moved away from cities INTERSTATE HIGHWAY ACT

  24. PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE

  25. CREDIT - ADVERTISEMENTS

  26. MASS MEDIAFCC

  27. ENTERTAINMENTMOVIES AND TV TV Guide TV dinners Stereotypes and Fads Smellovision

  28. B E A T M O V E M E N T

  29. ALAN FREED AND ROCK & ROLL

  30. AFRICAN AMERICANS AND POP CULTURE The Story About Ruby Valentine

  31. Many White Americans left cities and went to suburbs Less people in the cities – less money for services so the cities began to decline White Flight

  32. BRACERO PROGRAMLONGORIA INCIDENT

  33. Change of policy of dealing with Native Americans Eisenhower put policy in place Withdrew federal aid from Native Americans It lasted 10 years and was a failure TERMINATION POLICY

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