Unit 7 CP United States History

1950’s, 1960’s, Civil RightsTruman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon

1950’s Postwar America

• GI Bill of Rights• Suburbs, Levittown• Nuclear Family• Consumer spending• Jackie Robinson• Military Executive Order

1948 Election

• Truman (D)– Fair Deal

• Thomas Dewey• Dixiecrats– Strom Thurmond– South Carolina– Anti civil rights

1952 Election

• Dwight D Eisenhower– I Like Ike– Middle of the road– Dynamic Conservatism– Balanced budget, cut taxes, minimum wage– Brown vs. Bd. Of Education

The American Dream

• Woman’s place in the home• Baby Boom• Polio Vaccine• The Teenager• Automobile• Organization Man– Advertising– Conglomerates– franchise

Popular Culture

• Mass media• Movies• Rock and Roll– Elvis

• Beat Movement– Jack Keouac

• Television– Stereotypes– westerns

The Other America

• Urban Poor• White Flight• Urban renewal– Displaced persons

• Activism– Mexicans– Native Americas• Termination Policy ended in 1963