1. 1950’ s America THE POST WAR YEARS & BIRTH Of THE TEENAGER

2. READADJUST MENT AND RECOVERY 1945- 1946 RETURNING VETERNINS FACED HOUSING SHORTAGE & WERE CRAMPED INTO OLD DECAYING URBAN APARTMENT SUBURBS = answer because new methods Mass-producing houses in small communities Surrounding larger cites

3. REDIFINING THE FAMILY VS. Many Marriages did take place once soldiers returned from war HOWEVER women tended to divorce due to their new found independence when husbands were away..By the end of 1950s about 1 million marriages ended in divorces

4. TRUMAN PRESIDENT 1945-1952“THE BUCK STOPS HERE!” APPROVED USE OF ATOMIC BOMB ON JAPAN ECONOMIC PROBLEMS TRUMAN HAD TO WORK WITH A REBUBLICAN CONGRESS FIRST PRESIDENT TO LOOK AT CIVIL RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC PARTY SPLIT OVEDR CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE TRUMANS FAIR DEAL PROGRAM = RAISED MIIMUM WAGE EXTENDED SOCIAL SECURITY, LOW INCOME HOUSING

5. I LIKE IKE PRESEDIENT EISENHOWER 1952-1959 Middle of the road president =Modern Republicanism= Gov. conservative when spending $$ liberal spending when dealing with humans Famous domestic action @ 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Very popular president why??

6. THE AMERICAN DREAM VALUES= conformity, material goods, 2-3 children, close family ties, single family homes in SUBURBIA, 1-2 cars, TV WORK= man is the breadwinner$$$ at a white collared job (office job), Women stayed home, took care of children & home

7. BIRTH OF THE TEENAGER VS FLATOPS /Preppies GREASERS DANCING to R-N-R

8. 1950’s fads R-n-R FAST

9. BABY BOOM 1945-1965 WHY DO YOU THINK THIS HAPPENED ? WHO ARE THE BABY BOOMERS ?