Unit 7 CP United States History 1950’s, 1960’s, Civil Rights Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon
1950’s Postwar America GI Bill of Rights Suburbs, Levittown Nuclear Family Consumer spending Jackie Robinson Military Executive Order
1948 Election Truman (D) – Fair Deal Thomas Dewey Dixiecrats – Strom Thurmond – South Carolina – Anti civil rights
1952 Election Dwight D Eisenhower – I Like Ike – Middle of the road – Dynamic Conservatism – Balanced budget, cut taxes, minimum wage – Brown vs. Bd. Of Education
The American Dream Woman’s place in the home Baby Boom Polio Vaccine The Teenager Automobile Organization Man – Advertising – Conglomerates – franchise
Popular Culture Mass media Movies Rock and Roll – Elvis Beat Movement – Jack Keouac Television – Stereotypes – westerns
The Other America Urban Poor White Flight Urban renewal – Displaced persons Activism – Mexicans – Native Americas Termination Policy ended in 1963