The Beginning of the Cold War
TAKE FIVE… What does a “cold War” refer to ?
Soviet-American Tensions Capitalism vs Communism The Yalta Conference The United Nations Occupation of Poland Lublin Poles vs. London Poles Occupation of Germany Atomic bomb
The “Big Three”
Containment China’s fall to communism Chiang vs. Mao Zedong Revival of Japan Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Sec. of State George C. Marshall Economic Cooperation Administration
Mao ZedongChiang Kai Shek
President Truman
Iron Curtain
Containment (con’t) Preparedness Selective Service System Atomic Energy Commission National Security Act Department of Defense National Security Council CIA
Take Five… What does the Berlin Blockade refer to?
Division of Germany Federal Republic Democratic Republic Berlin Blockade NATO Warsaw Pact
U.S. Economy Servicemen’s Readjustment Act Labor unrest Strikes Displaced workers Truman’s “Fair Deal” Social Security benefits Fair Employment Practices Act Conservatism Taft-Hartley Act
The Election of 1948 Democrats divided Dixiecrat Party Strom Thurmond Americans for Democratic Action Thomas Dewey-Republican Good for nothing Congress
Truman’s Fair Deal Revised Minimum wage Social Security National Housing Act Civil rights legislation Fair Employment Practices Committee Discrimination and Segregation
The Korean War 38th Parallel Communist north Pro-western south A Civil War U.S. “defense perimeter” UN Assistance General Douglas MacArthur Chinese involvement The Martin Letter Truman fires MacArthur Korean war results DMZ
General Douglas MacArthur
The U.S. During the Korean War Economy Office of Defense Mobilization Anxiety grows regarding communism The Forgotten War
Kim Il Sung ( )
Kim Jong Il ( )
Kim Jong Un
Subversion in America House Un-American Activities Commission The evils of Hollywood The Hollywood Ten “blacklist” Federal Loyalty Program Hoover Files McCarran Internal Security Act The Rosenberg Case McCarthyism Joseph McCarthy
Senator Joe McCarthy
The Rosenbergs
Election of 1952 Adlai Stevenson Dwight Eisenhower Richard M. Nixon Republican Victory
“We Like Ike”
Dwight Eisenhower
The Good “Ole 50’s
50’s Hair-The “Ducktail” or The “Flip”
50’s Fashion
Don’t forget the men
50’s Fads 3D Glasses at the Movies Coonskin Caps Hula Hoops Pink-everything-even cars! Poodles (pink of course!) Telephone booth cramming! (U.S. record 22 at St. Mary’s college in CA)
Don’t try this at home
George Burns and Gracie Allen (1950)
How sweet it is… The Honeymooners first aired in 1952.
The 50’s was also a time for westerns! Davy Crockett “killed him a baer when he was only 3”
Gunsmoke-One of the longest running westerns aired in 1955
Hop-along-Cassidy (1947) Roy Rogers (1951) Zorro (1957)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( )
American Bandstand attracts young viewers-and a young Dick Clark (1956)
How old IS Dick Clark anyway? Dick Clark was born Nov. 30, 1929 He is 78!
The 1950’s TV audience loved games shows… The $64,000 question To tell the truth The Price is right—not Bob Barker but in Bill Cullen 21 What is my line? This is your life Queen for a day
“Queen for a day”
What a scandal! At the game show peak there were 22 game shows on prime time tv! Until… What? Game shows rigged? That’s right folks in 1958 a Congressional hearing determined that “winners” had been supplied with the answers in advance! Networks and sponsors decided to pull the plug on game shows for a while!
The Blue Mountain Boys Who is that in the middle?
Early 1950’s musical artists: Patti Page The Andrews Sisters Nat King Cole Guy Lombardo Rosemary Clooney Frank Sinatra Doris Day Marlene Dietrich
1955-The birth of rock and roll Dean Martin* Fabian Little Richard* Frankie Avalon * The Platters* Conway Twitty Bill Haley and the Comets* Ritchie Valens Pat Boone* Buddy Holley Johnny Cash* Connie Francis Jerry Lee Lewis Chuck Berry Ricky Nelson
“Going to a garden party…” Ricky Nelson
Elvis Presley-”The King” Thank you, thank you very much
Elvis appears on the Ed Sullivan show in 1956 The network wouldn’t show Elvis from the waist down because of his “sexual movements”—coined “the Elvis Pelvis”
The Good Old 1950’s- An Age of Prosperity
“Rock-n-Roll is here to stay”
J. Edgar Hoover
The Economy of the 1950’s Reasons for economic growth Government spending American West Military spending Expansion of suburbs The baby boom
A New Labor Force The power of unionization AFL-CIO George Meany Teamsters Union David Beck Jimmy Hoffa White collar vs blue collar
Jimmy Hoffa ( ?)
Poverty in America in the 50’s The Other America Michael Harrington Elderly and minorities Rural poverty Declining farm prices Technology Pesticides DDT Paul Muller Problems w/ DDT
Poverty Continued Inner-city poverty Ghettoes Relocation of industry and jobs Rise in juvenile crime
Women and the family The Feminine Mystique Renewed interest in religion Billy Graham Rock and roll culture Elvis The “Beatniks”
Michael Harrington
Science and Technology of the 1950’s Medical Advances Immunizations Small pox Polio Polio Vaccination Act of 1955 Results Infant mortality rates Ave. life expectancy
Early Smallpox Vaccinations
Technological Innovations Television Color TV RCA’s David Sarnoff Labs. TV Networks Transistors Integrated circuits Computer Technology UNIVAC Remington Rand Co Election results IBM
Dwight Eisenhower ( )
The Eisenhower Administration Balancing the budget Social security Interstate Highway and Defense System Act The demise of McCarthyism Army-McCarthy hearings The Cold War Stalemate “brinksmanship” U-2 Crisis
A revised containment policy Iran Israel Guatemala Cuba Vietnam
The Cold War Stalemate “brinksmanship” MAD-Mutually Assured Destruction
Effects of the Nuclear Arms Race Military technology Space race Sputnik NASA National Defense Education Act Bomb shelters
Sputnik
Apollo
Images from Space “The Blue Marble”
Gemini
Advancements into Space…