THE 1950’s THE POSTWAR YEARS AT HOME. Eisenhower and the 1950’s.

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THE 1950’s THE POSTWAR YEARS AT HOME

Eisenhower and the 1950’s

The Postwar Economy People were eager to get the things that they had been missing since the Depression Per capita income: average income per person doubled in the 1950’s Conglomerates: large corporation that owns many smaller companies –Grew out of fear learned during the Depression –If one area of the economy failed, investments in another area would be safe

The Post War Economy Conversion to peacetime economy –Prices soared 25% when restrictions were lifted. –Strikes affected nearly everyone. Taft-Hawley Act: workers must return to work while government investigated strikes in major industries Fair Deal: Truman’s proposals to improve conditions for all –Continuation of New Deal Programs –Most programs were rejected by the Congress

Business Changes Franchise: right to open a restaurant using a parent company’s name and system –McDonald’s was the first franchise –Allowed an individual to begin a business with a small cash investment and enjoy the support of a huge parent corporation Television: raised money to broadcast by selling advertising time –Companies benefited by persuading viewers to buy their products –In 1955, the average American family watched 4- 5 hours per day

Highways Change Life New services: drive-in restaurants and movies, hotels & more gas stations Move to the suburbs –GI Bill provided low interest mortgages to soldiers –Levittown: pre-cut & pre-assembled houses that were almost identical Interstate Highway Act: government built an interstate highway system –Provided a network of new roads for evacuation from a nuclear attack

Movie Time… Clip from Blast from the Past…life in a atomic bomb shelter jF56U

Minority Rights

Demands for Civil Rights Brown v. Board of Education: ruled that separate but equal can never be equal. –Outlawed segregation in public schools –Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson Montgomery Bus Boycott: African Americans refused to use the busses –Introduced nonviolent protest practices –Produced a new generation of leaders Little Rock Integration: conflict erupted when Central High School was integrated in 1957 –State government refused to follow Court ruling –Eisenhower called in National Guard to carry out order

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