“The Way We Were” American Politics and Society in the 1950s.

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“The Way We Were” American Politics and Society in the 1950s

“The Cold War”

The Iron Curtain

Josef Stalin

Nikita Krushchev

The Bomb

Leaders & Politicians of the 1950s

Harry Truman and Douglas MacArthur

America Likes Ike

Richard Nixon

Adlai Stevenson

Senator Joe McCarthy

Speaker of House, Sam Rayburn, Democrat of Texas

Majority Leader of the Senate, Lyndon Johnson, Democrat of Texas

The Rise of a Consumer Culture

Homes

Suburbs

Discount Appliances

“Fast Food”

Cars

More Cars

Television

Popular Culture

Television Families: The Nelsons

I Love Lucy

The Cleavers: Leave it to Beaver

The “Original” Superman

Ed Sullivan

Milton Berle &Texaco Star Theatre

Steve Allen

The Rise of a “Teen Culture”

Rock and Roll Elvis

Chuck Berry

Little Richard

Jerry Lee Lewis

Drive-In Movies

“Bad Boy”: James Dean

“Bad Boy”: Marlon Brando

“Marilyn”

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