1. Post War Prosperity Technology & Societal Changes

2. Science & Tech stimulated by Military Projects Manhattan Project, Jet airplanes, radar, microwave, computers Applied to Civilian Uses

3. TechnologyMilitary UsePeacetime Use SemiconductorsNavigationTransistors, radios, electronics ComputersCode BreakingSoftware Programs & computer games Freeze Dried FoodSoldier’s rationsTV Dinners, Astronaut rations Synthetic MaterialsParachutes, weapons, tires Telephones, fenders, pacemakers RadarTracking & surveillance Weather tracking, air traffic control Applications of WWII Technology

4. Cold War Influences Further Satellites = World wide communications Space Exploration & scientific space stations Hydrogen Bomb and Nuclear warheads – Nuclear Power plants

5. Improved Standard of Living Computers Microwave ovens Air conditioning Television & channels available

6. Medical Advancements Penicillin Polio vaccine Heart Surgery Increased life expectancy Decreased infant mortality

7. Agricultural Improvements Pesticides Chemical Fertilizers

8. Analysis of Improvements? How did each of these Improvements lead to other problems in the future?

9. Societal Changes

10. Consumer Culture Variety of new items, household, personal, recreational to improve the quality of life Advertising CREDIT CARDS Increase demand leads to increase production & jobs ECONOMIC BOOM of the 1950’s Planned Obsolescence = Throwaway society What are some of the new consumer items?

11. TELEVISION Increase in advertising, consumerism Re-enforces conformity FCC-Federal Communications Commission Promotes stereotypes

12. Suburbanization Aided by: Highways & available automobiles Federal loans to veterans for houses Consequences White flight from cities, urban poverty Urban Renewal and the HUD- Housing & Urban Development as a new cabinet position Dependence on foreign oil Shopping Centers

13. GI BILL Serviceman’s Readjustment Act $ to attend colleges and trade schools = a more skilled, educated workforce Led to economic, cultural growth

14. BABY BOOM! Increased number of goods Increase in number of schools Increased interest in education Prosperity meant students stayed in school longer More women attend college

15. THE TEENAGER! Do not need to work Prosperity meant more free time Recognized as a developmental stage b/w child & adult Beats & Rock & Roll Own consumerism

16. The Workforce Increased white-collar jobs – managerial, sales, marketing, insurance, communications Increased pay for consumer items Gov’t $ for military and defense systems hired many workers in industry The Franchise!

17. Secularization of Society and the Re- emergence of religious conservatism SC – outlaws prayer in schools SC – Roe v. Wade Civil Rights movement Women’s movement & sexual revolution Leads to organizations that support conservative positions

18. Women & AA in the Workforce “Cult of Domesticity” Limited career opportunities – 60’s Few upper level jobs and low pay The Feminine Mystique 48 – Truman Desegregates the military

19. Assessment 1.Explain the causes & effects of social and societal changes 2.Summarize, classify, and, identify examples of post-war changes. 3.Interpret sources, infer their relationship, and interpret their significance – sources 4.Infer the impact of changes on the role of women in society & explain the religious response to these changes.