1. April 4, 2018

2. Turn in Hw

3. 1950’s CUlture
APUSH Period 8

4. Consumerism 1946  7,000 TV sets in the U. S.
Mass Audience  TV celebrated traditional American values.
New products advertised to target demographics (typically middle class families)

5. The Culture of the Car
Car registrations:  25,000,  60,000,000
2-family cars doubles from
1956  Interstate Highway Act  largest public works project in American history!
Cost $32 billion.
41,000 miles of new highways built.

6. Short Answer Practice
(A) Briefly describe ONE specific historical similarity between culture/society in the 1920s and in the 1950s. (B) Briefly describe ONE specific historical difference between culture/society in the 1920s and in the 1950s. (C) Briefly explain ONE specific historical effect of cultural/societal changes in either the 1920s or the 1950s.