1. The 1950’s

2. Creations and Crazes of the 50’s

3. To The Theater On To Broadway!

4. West Side StoryThe Sound of MusicThe Music ManDamn YankeesBus StopCat on a Hot Tin RoofThe King and IPeter PanThe CrucibleThe Rose TattooMy Fair LadyGuys and Dolls

6. Academy Awards Best Picture of… 1950195119521953195419551956195719581959 “All About Eve” Starring: Bette Davis Anne Baxter George Sanders Celeste Holm “An American in Paris” Starring: Gene Kelly & Leslie Caron “The Greatest Show on Earth” Starring: James Stewart Betty Hutton Cornel Wilde Charlton Heston Dorothy Lamour & Gloria Grahame “From Here to Eternity” Starring: Burt Lancaster Montgomery Clift Deborah Kerr Frank Sinatra & Donna Reed “On the Waterfront” Starring: Marlon Brando Carl Malden Lee J Cobb “MARTY” Starring: Ernest Borgnine & Betsy Blair “Around the World in 80 Days” Starring: David Niven Cantinflas Shirley MacLaine & Robert Newton “GiGi” Starring: Leslie Caron Maurice Chevalier & Louis Jourdan “The Bridge on the River Kwai” Starring: William Holden Alec Guinness & Jack Hawkins “Ben-Hur” Starring: Charlton Heston Jack Hawkins Haya Harareet & Stephen Boyd

7. Key political figures Harry S. Truman General Douglas MacArthur Key Figures of the 1950s Dwight D. Eisenhower President Harry S. Truman began the Korean War in June of 1950. Truman put General Douglas MacArthur in charge of the troops. After MacArther made some poor choices, Truman fired MacArthur. In 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected the next president of the United States. In 1953, Eisenhower signed a treaty which put an end to the Korean War. Nothing was gained because the boundary between North and South Korea ended in the same exact spot it began. However, much was lost. By the end of the war, more than 150,000 American Soldiers were injured, missing in action or dead.

8. Other Key Figures of the 1950s From The Civil Rights Movement Rosa ParksMartin Luther King Jr.Malcolm X Spoke publicly on Human Rights.Refused to sit at the back of the bus.“I Have a Dream!”

9. Other Key Figures of the 1950s Key Figures from Across the Sea Mao Zedong from China Joseph Stalin from the Soviet Union Strong believers in Communism Added to Cold War Fears in the United States Winston Churchill from the United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II from the United Kingdom They Opposed Communism Allies of the United States

10. Back Home Jimmy Hoffa worked to expand unions. Senator Joseph McCarthy began televised hearings into alleged Communists in the Army. Justice Earl Warren ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional (Brown v Board of Education)