1. The 1950’s

2. Changing Work Force Use of Machines = Decreased Workers
More Middle Managers Needed
Rise of Assistants
Usually Women, Faced Criticism
Union Membership and Strength Declined

3. The Suburbs Mass-Market Housing Developments
Life Focused on Families and Children
Featured Large Lawns and Washers and Dryers
Stay at Home Mothers
Competition to “Keep Up With the Jones”
Conformity/ “Sameness”
High Quality of Life
Strong Social Networks
Middle Class Citizens

5. Television Replaces Radio “I Love Lucy”
Dramas, Game Shows, Soap Operas, Westerns Popular

6. “The Silent Generation”
Followed Mold
Quietly Rebelled if at All
Music = Major Source of Rebellion
Elvis Presley = Birth of Rock and Roll
Contributed to Juvenile Delinquency
Rise of Integration in Media