1. America in the 1950’s-1960’s

2. The American Dream

3. White Flight and The Other America
GI Bill restrictions prohibited many minorities from achieving the “American Dream”

4. Business and Consumerism
Planned Obsolescence

6. Mass Media

7. Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMmljYkdr-w

8. Election of 1960 Televised Debates and Civil Rights
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Republican
Expert on foreign policy
More experienced
Democrat
Catholic: “issues of church and state”
Young (43)
Televised Debates and Civil Rights
-Won Americas heart and African Americans trust

10. “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”

11. Preparation for Nuclear War
“Duck and Cover” official defense film shown in classrooms throughout America

12. Cuban Missile Crisis
Central Question: Why did the Russians pull their missiles out of Cuba?
According to the video why did the Russians remove their missiles?
What do you think they mean by “delicate behind-the-scenes negotiations?