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CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
America at Midcentury, 1952–
1963
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PART ONE:
Introduction
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Chapter Focus Questions
What characterized post-World War II prosperity?
What was the ideal of suburban life? What was the reality?
What characterized the emergence of youth culture?
What were the criticisms of television and mass culture?
What characterized foreign policy in the Eisenhower years?
Who was John F. Kennedy and what was the promise of a New Frontier?
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PART TWO:
Popular Music in Memphis
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Memphis
Segregated Memphis. Elvis Presley. Sam Phillips. White and black music blend. Rock ‘n’ roll.
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PART THREE:
American Society at Midcentury
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The Eisenhower Presidency
President Dwight D. Eisenhower . Business-like government. Rejects conservatives’ calls. Real wages rise.
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Subsidizing Prosperity
Federal subsidies Levittown. The federal government:
GI Bill interstate highway system Education funding
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Suburban Life
Suburban life: domestic ideal housewife
Suburban growth. Church attendance. Chart: Growth of Suburbs Religion—fit in.
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FIGURE 27.1 The Growth of the Suburbs, 1950–70 Suburban growth,
at the expense of older inner cities, was one of the key social trends in
the twenty-five years following World War II. By 1970, more Americans
lived in suburbs than in either inner cities or rural areas.
SOURCE:Adapted from U.S.Bureau of the Census,Current Censuses, 1930 –1970 (Washington DC:U.S.Government Printing Office,1975).
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California and Suburban Life
California embodied postwar suburban life
Cars connected its components. Chart: L.A. County Population
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FIGURE 27.2 L. A. County Population 1920–80
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Organized Labor and the AFL-CIO
Trade unions. AFL-CIO. Numbers decline.
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Lonely Crowds and Organizational Men
Suburbs. Conformist. Personality sells.
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The Expansion of Higher Education
Baby boom. Higher Ed. Students=corporate values
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Health and Medicine
Immunization. Medicines. Doctor shortages.. AMA.
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PART FOUR:
Youth Culture
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The Youth Market
“Teenager”. Purchasing power. Teenagers portrayed as special.
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“Hail! Hail! Rock ‘n’ Roll”
Radio. Cross-over music. Cover versions. Alan Freed.. Chuck Berry.
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Almost Grown
Rock ‘n’ roll. Teenagers torn. Rock ’n roll dangerous. Juvenile delinquency. Popular.
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PART FIVE:
Mass Culture and Its Discontents
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Television: Tube of Plenty
Television. Advertising and TV. Early TV .. Sitcoms. Movies and TV. Fads and sensations. Chart: Radio and Television Ownership, 1940–1960
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FIGURE 27.3 Radio and Television Ownership, 1940–60 By 1960 nearly 90 percent
of American households owned at least one television set, as
TV replaced radio as the nation’s dominant mass
medium of entertainment. Radio ownership rose as well,
but Americans increasingly listened to radio as an
accompaniment to other activities, such as driving.
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Television and Politics
Prime-time--no references to political issues.
Television brought congressional hearings
Slick ads for presidential campaigns.
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Culture Critics
Critics. “Middlebrow Culture”. The Beats.
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PART SIX:
The Cold War Continued
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The “New Look” in Foreign Affairs
Nuclear option. Dulles. Foreign policy “new look”.
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Foreign Affairs
Anticommunist uprisings. Gary Powers.
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Covert Action and Intervention
Eisenhower pro covert action. The CIA. Iran. Israel and Suez..
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Intervention in the Caribbean
Map: The U. S. in the Caribbean Guatemala.
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MAP 27.1 The U.S. in the Caribbean, 1948–66 U.S. military intervention and economic presence grew steadily in the Caribbean following World War II. After 1960, opposition to the
Cuban Revolution dominated U.S. Caribbean policies.
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Vietnam
Vietnam. Domino theory. Vietnam divided.
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Ike’s Warning
Nuclear anxiety. “Military industrial complex.”
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PART SEVEN:
John F. Kennedy and the New
Frontier
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The Election of 1960
Map: the Election of 1960 JFK. Richard Nixon. JFK innaugurtion.
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MAP 27.2 The Election of 1960 Kennedy’s popular vote margin over Nixon was only a little over 100,000, making this one of the closest elections in American
history.
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New Frontier Liberalism
Liberal agenda. Female equality. Economy. Space. Strong executive branch.
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Kennedy and the Cold War
Eased tensions Green Berets, weaponry . Alliance for Progress.
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The Cuban Revolution and the Bay of Pigs
Fidel Castro. No US relations. Bay of Pigs. The plan failed.
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The Missile Crisis
Cuban missiles. Blockade. Soviets backed down. JFK pledged no invasion. Cooperation with Soviets.
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Assassination
November 22, 1963.