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1 Post WWII Domestic Policy

2 G.I. Bill and Tax Cut Lead to Big Spending

3 Truman Proposes Fair Deal

4 Fear of the spread of communism
The Red Scare Fear of the spread of communism

5 Reasons for Red Scare Stalin’s takeover of E. Europe
Stalemate in Korea Communist takeover of China Soviet’s get atomic bomb *****Politics*****

6 House Un-American Activities
HUAC House Un-American Activities Committee

7 Hollywood Gets Targeted

8 Alger Hiss

9 J. Edgar Hoover FBI Director

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11 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

12 Joseph McCarthy

13 Army-McCarthy Hearings

14 McCarthy – Civil Rights – 50s Education

15 The Golden Years 1950s & 60s EZ Credit Baby Boom Money to Spend

16 1957 Vette 1955 Chevy

17 1957 Ford

18 1958 Ford Fairlane

19 1950s Tract Homes

20 $7,990 or $60/month with no down payment.
1949  William Levitt 150 houses/week Levittown, L. I.: “The American Dream” $7,990 or $60/month with no down payment.

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23 The Décor at my house in the 1950s

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27 Hats and Gloves were a MUST

28 1951  “race music”  “ROCK ‘N ROLL”
The King In the 1950s  the word “teenager” entered the American language. By 1956  13 mil. teens with $7 billlion to spend 1951  “race music”  “ROCK ‘N ROLL”

29 Elvis

30 Elvis at the Louisiana Hayride

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32 Frankie Avalon 50s Teen Idol

33 Fabian another teen idol of the 50s

34 TV Takes Over

35 Ozzie & Harriet

36 Another 50s Teen Idol Ricky Nelson

37 Leave it to Beaver

38 The Honeymooners

39 I Love Lucy

40 Glossy view of mostly middle-class suburban life.
Family Shows Glossy view of mostly middle-class suburban life. But... I Love Lucy The Honeymooners Social Winners?... AND… Loosers?

41 Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier Sheriff Matt Dillon, Gunsmoke
Westerns Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier Sheriff Matt Dillon, Gunsmoke The Lone Ranger (and his faithful sidekick, Tonto): Who is that masked man??

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43 1950s Entertainment

44 First Soviet Satellite
Sputnik First Soviet Satellite

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