1. The 1950’s

2. The 1950’s really began in 1945 after World War II
Boys coming home from the war
The American Century on its way
TV the biggest form of entertainment in the home
Post war years will be a time of prosperity
13 million homes built from 1948 to 1958: “Suburbia”

3. Baby Boom: 76.4 million babies born from 1946 to 1964
Dr. Spock:
Changes the way parents raised their children…
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale:
Changes the way people think about themselves

4. Other books that shaped the 50’s generation

5. Communism Everywhere…
Can the USA stop it???
Truman Doctrine: Aid
George Kennan: “Containment”
NATO: Alliances
CIA: Spies
Eisenhower Doctrine: Defend
Berlin Airlift: Help
Stop Traitors: Hiss & Rosenbergs
H-Bomb: Nuclear weapons
Korea: Fight a War!!!

7. Top Personalities of the 1950’s:
James Dean
Dies in a crash 9/30/1955
Becomes the focal point for
teenage rebellion…
“Everything he said was cool”

8. “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away”

9. The “Say Hey” Kid…
1950’s Athlete Supreme…
Charles E. Wilson (President of GM)
Eisenhower’s Secretary of Defense
“What’s good for General Motors is
good for the country”
Keeps up with the Soviet Union

10. Folk Hero: Charles Van Doren
Wins $129,000 on the game show “21”
It was all a SCAM!!!

11. Suzy Parker:
The girl every girl wanted
to be.
1950’s top model
Over 1,000 advertisements
Adlai Stevenson
“Egg Head”
Runs for President 2x’s
1952 & 1956
Loses to Eisenhower

12. Non-violent protest

13. It all began on December 1, 1955
With Rosa Parks
1950’s
Sex Symbol

14. 1950’s Greatest Personality: Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th President of the USA
1953 to 1961
Eisenhower Administration:
Ends Korean War
Eisenhower Doctrine
Missile build up
Aid to Viet Nam
Interstate Highway System
Alaska & Hawaii become States
Brown vs Board of Education
1st Lady: Mamie Eisenhower

15. John Highstreet America’s Greatest & Bestest Person Ever
Was born on May 4th 1957
John Highstreet

16. Fads of the 1950’s
3D Movies:
Hula Hoops:

17. Davy Crockett

18. “Cramming” in College
Chlorophyll

19. Bomb Shelters

20. The 50’s introduced a new group: The American Bohemians or Beatniks
Beating down by society… they had their own language, dress, literature & was the 1st of the drug culture…

21. Biggest News Events on TV in the 1950’s
Senator Estes Kefauver and his special committee to investigate:
Organized Crime

22. 2. Richard Nixon’s “Checkers” speech

23. 3. McCarthy Hearings…

24. 4. USSR Launches “SPUTNIK”

25. Music of the 1950’s
The Stars…

27. The First Rock & Roll Hit:

28. The King of Rock and Roll…

29. Bringing the music to TV: Dick Clark and American Bandstand

30. Top TV Shows of the 1950’s The Milton Berle Show The Honeymooners
Ozzie and Harriet Show

31. Father Knows Best
Leave it the Beaver
Dobie Gillis

32. Late Night TV:
Jack Parr
Steve Allen
Sid Caesar & Your Show of Shows

33. Maverick
Gunsmoke

34. Kids shows:
Kukla, Fran & Ollie

35. Major TV Stations

36. TV Test Pattern: Going off the air

37. New Magazines of the 1950’s

38. Great Musicals of the 1950’s

39. Great Movies of the 1950’s: From Here to Eternity On the Waterfront
10 Commandments
12 Angry Men
Ben Hur
Bridge Over the River Kwai
King and I
High Noon

40. Sport Hero’s of the 1950’s:

41. Lions win Championships in:
1952, 1953, & 1957

43. Fort Wayne Pistons won championships:
1955 and 1956
Minneapolis Lakers won 5 titles in the 50’s

44. Major League Baseball

45. Team of the 1950’s Yankees won the World Series:
1950, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, & 58

46. Stanley Cup: 1950, 52, 54, & 55

47. Heavyweight Boxing Champions

48. Retires undefeated

50. The Cars