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

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

READADJUST MENT AND RECOVERY 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

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

TRUMAN PRESIDENT “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

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

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

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

1950’s fads R-n-R FAST

BABY BOOM WHY DO YOU THINK THIS HAPPENED ? WHO ARE THE BABY BOOMERS ?

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