1950s

Anne's lecture on the 1950s: Link

Your Textbook's Powerpoint Lecture: Link

1. Post-War Economic Boom

A.----Rise in military spending

`````````````Cold War

`````````````Marshall Plan

-----------GI Bill

B.--Interstate Highway Bill

````````Map of the Interstate Highways: Link

C. Minimum Wage and Social Security Expanded

D. Union membership expands

E. Baby Boom

2. The Suburbs: Back to Normalcy

A. "Ideal Family Life". --Enjoy Life!!!

B. Role of TV

C. Actual stresses of family life

Watch: The Fifties, Let's Play House: Link

Be sure to take note on what messages men and women were receiving from the media and society and compare it to their real circumstances.

3. Start of the Modern Civil Rights Movement

A. Double V

B. Truman desegregates the military

C. Jackie Robinson

D. Brown v. Board--1954