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Postwar America: 1945-1960 AP US History

Economic Readjustment Immediate Economic Problems (1945- 1948) Recession, Inflation, Labor Conflict Long Economic Boom (1950-1970s) WWII/Cold War Military Spending New Deal Social Spending Industrial Dominance Large expansion of living standards and more Americans experience middle class life/comfort

HW Questions 1. How did each of the following contribute to economic growth? -Government Spending -Suburbia -Baby Boom 2. What were 3 factors supporting the idea of the homogenous society? 3. What were 3 factors challenging the idea of the homogenous society?

The Homogenous Society Liberal Government Policy: GI Bill, Interstate Highway Act, NDEA, Truman & Ike Institutionalizes the New Deal (exception: Taft-Hartley Act – anti union) Social Change: Baby Boom, Suburbia (Levittown), Sunbelt, Auto Culture, Interstates Big Business: IBM, Coke, Boeing, McDonalds, Ford, General Motors, advertising Cult of Domesticity Television: “the vast wasteland” Popular Music: Elvis, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry Technology: plastics, medicine, chemicals, appliances, automation, computers Literature: Salinger, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Heller Left Out: minorities, women, poor, inner cities

Writing/Discussion Questions Practice Synthesis: The 1950s were like …. Argumentation: Were the 1950s a golden age for American life? Thesis w/ 2 bulleted pieces of evidence

Baby Boom

Suburbia

Sunbelt (Rustbelt)

Dixiecrats

Election of 1948

Interstate Highway System

Cult of Domesticity

1950s Television

1950s Rock and Roll

Literature

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