1. The 1950’s

2. AKS 50a - describe the baby boom and the impact as shown by Levittown, the Interstate Highway Act, and the G.I. Bill of Rights

3. EQ What was the post WWII boom? How did it change American culture?

4. Impact of WWII Veterans return home GI Bill housing unemployment benefits Loans Education Suburbs created Levittown, PA

6. Truman Integrates the Military African Americans, especially veterans, demand rights as citizens Congress rejects civil rights laws; Truman issues executive orders integrates armed forces; ends discrimination in government hiring

7. I like Ike! Eisenhower wins in 1952 and 1956

8. The “American Dream”

9. The Baby Boom 1950s, 85% of new homes built in suburbs 1945–1965 baby boom—soaring birth rate after soldiers return

10. Women’s Roles Magazines, TV, movies glorify role of homemaker, mother 1960, 40% mothers work; limited opportunities, less pay than men

11. Think-Pair-Share Summarize the role of women in the 1950’s.

12. Impacts of the Automobile ?

13. New businesses Pollution Whites leave cities Accidents People do not need to live close to their jobs Suburbs

14. Pop Culture in the 1950’s

15. Television

16. Commercials

17. Movies

18. Music

19. Literature

20. Come up with 5 words to describe pop culture in the 1950’s

21. The “Other America”

22. White Flight 1962, 25% of Americans below poverty level Post WW II–1960, 5 million blacks go from rural South to urban North White flight results in loss of businesses, tax payers to cities

23. Review Describe the impact of the GI Bill? What was the impact of the automobile? What is white flight?