1. 1950’s: Suburbia and the Cold War

2. The 6 - C’s of the 1950’s Cold War Communism Containment Conformity
Consumerism
Civil Rights

3. Cold War Divided Germany Communism Containment Iron Curtain Speech
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
M.A.D. Policy
NATO v Warsaw Pact
Korean War
Domino Effect

4. Cold War 2nd Red Scare HUAC McCarthyism Alger Hiss
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Space Race
Mercury
Gemini
Apollo

5. Conformity
Harding’s “A Return To Normalcy” lived out!

6. Non-Conformity Edward R. Morrow William F. Buckley, Jr.
C. Wright Mills, White Collar and The Power Elite
Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman and The Crucible
Jack Kerouac, On the Road (1957)—search for authenticity
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
Jackson Pollock
Mad Magazine
Rock and Roll music
Back in Time

7. What happened to Rosie the Riveter?
Consumerism
Manufacturers used planned obsolesce, purposely made a new style of an item every year, to encourage people to buy the latest version of their product.
What happened to Rosie the Riveter?

8. Civil Rights
In 1947 Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball which begins the move toward equality..

9. 1950’s – Happy Daze 1950 – 1953: 54,000 – 3 years Domestic Affairs
People wanted more and more products in order to increase their standard of living.
Less Labor intensive and more critical thinking.
Blue suit and white shirt, prettiest secretary, couples society, baby boom, interested in the good for all, two martini lunch, no women managers track homes activities centered around the home.
Cold War, Conformity, Communism, Containment, Civil Rights
Always buying things, which your neighbors have.
Television
Marilyn Monroe
Rock and Roll

10. 1950’s – Happy Daze Elvis Presley
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This will spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott led by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.
Moral and Spiritual
“your own opinion”
Brown v The Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Integration of the schools in Little Rock, Arkansas by the Little Rock Nine.
National Guard surrounded the school (called out by the Gov of Arkansas.
Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne division to integrate Little Rock HS
Car

11. 1950’s – Happy Daze National Highway System
So missile systems could move across the nation easily in case of a military emergency.
Too many Russian troops which could possibly start a major war.
Sputnik
Charles Van Dornan is caught cheating on the $64,000 question.