Chapter 19 Postwar America Section 1

Readjustment and Recovery  The Impact of the GI Bill -GI Bill of Rights  Housing Crisis -Suburbs  Redefining the Family  Economic Readjustment  Remarkable Recovery

Meeting Economic Challenges  President Truman’s Inheritance -Harry S. Truman  Truman faces Strikes  “Had Enough?”

Social Unrest Persists  Truman Supports Civil Rights  The 1948 Election -Dixiecrats  Stunning Upset  The Fair Deal -Fair Deal

Republicans Take the Middle Road  I Like Ike!  Walking the Middle of the Road

Chapter 19 The American Dream in the Fifties Section 2

The Organization and the Organization Man  Conglomerates -Conglomerates  Franchises -Franchise  Social Conformity

The Suburban Lifestyle  The Baby Boom -Baby Boom  Advances in Medicine and Childcare -Dr. Jonas Salk  Women’s Roles  Leisure in the Fifties

The Automobile Culture  Automania  The Interstate Highway System  Mobility Takes its Toll

Consumerism Unbound -Consumerism  New Products  Planned Obsolescence -Planned Obsolescence  Buy Now, Pay Later  The Advertising Age

Chapter 19 Popular Culture Section 3

New Era of the Mass Media  Mass Media  The Rise of Television  Federal Communications Commission (FCC)  Edward R. Murrow  Impact  Stereotypes and Gunslingers  Women and Minorities  Radio and Movies  Survival over TV

A Subculture Emerges  The Beat Movement  Nonconformity  Allen Ginsberg  Jack Kerouac

African Americans Rock ‘n’ Roll Rock ‘n’ Roll  “American” Music  Chuck Berry  Elvis Presley  The Racial Gap  Jazz

Chapter 19 The Other America Section 4

The Urban Poor  White Flight  Impact on African Americans  The Inner Cities  Poverty  Urban Renewal  National Housing Act  HUD

Poverty Leads to Activism  Mexicans Seek Employment  Braceros (hired hands)  Illegal immigrants  The Longoria Incident  Felix Longoria  Native Americans Continue their Struggle  Dawes Act to the Indian Reorganization Act  National Congress of American Indians  The Termination Policy