1950’ s America

THE POST WAR YEARS & BIRTH Of THE TEENAGER

READADJUST MENT AND RECOVERY

•1945- 1946 RETURNING VETERNINS FACED HOUSING SHORTAGE & WERE CRAMPED INTOOLD DECAYING URBAN APARTMENT•SUBURBS = answer because new methods Mass-producing houses in small communitiesSurrounding larger cites

REDIFINING THE FAMILY

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•Many Marriages did take place once soldiers returned from war•HOWEVER women tended to divorce due to their new found independence when husbands were away..By the end of 1950s about 1 million marriages ended in divorces

TRUMAN

PRESIDENT 1945-1952“THE BUCK STOPS HERE!”•APPROVED USE OF ATOMIC BOMB ON JAPAN•ECONOMIC PROBLEMS TRUMAN HAD TO WORK WITH A REBUBLICAN CONGRESS•FIRST PRESIDENT TO LOOK AT CIVIL RIGHTS•DEMOCRATIC PARTY SPLIT OVEDR CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE•TRUMANS FAIR DEAL PROGRAM = RAISED MIIMUM WAGE•EXTENDED SOCIAL SECURITY, LOW INCOME HOUSING

I LIKE IKE

PRESEDIENT EISENHOWER 1952-1959•Middle of the road president =Modern Republicanism= Gov. conservative when spending $$ liberal spending when dealing with humans•Famous domestic action @ 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education •Very popular president why??

THE AMERICAN DREAM

VALUES= conformity , material goods, 2-3 children, close family ties, single family homes in SUBURBIA, 1-2 cars, TV WORK= man is the breadwinner$$$ at a white collared job (office job), Women stayed home, took care of children & home

BIRTH OF THE TEENAGER

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FLATOPS /Preppies

GREASERS

DANCING to R-N-R

1950’s fads

R-n-R

FAST

BABY BOOM 1945-1965

WHY DO YOU THINK THIS HAPPENED ? WHO ARE THE BABY BOOMERS ?