1. Rockin’ and Rollin’ through the 1950s What did postwar America look like?

2. GI Bill of Rights (1944)  Provided tuition reimbursement for education  One-year’s worth of unemployment benefits  Guaranteed low interest federal loans  Rising unemployment  Inflation  Decrease in wages  Shortage of goods  Striking Workers Transitions

3. “Give ‘em Hell Harry!”  1946 - 80 th Congress  “ I am asking for equality of opportunity for all human beings…and if that ends up in my failure to be re-elected, that failure will be in good cause. ” Harry Truman  Executive Order 9981 – splits party  Wins election anyway  “Fair Deal” Increase in hourly wages Extension of Social Security Creation of low income housing

4. “I like Ike!”  Republican Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon  “Checkers” Incident https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhQD2UFCIbY  Ike snags Presidency – 55% of popular vote  Middle of the road - Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka  Accomplishments: Passed the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 – Why?

5. Rise of Suburbia  Housing crisis  William Levitt Assembly line theory Suburbs exactly the same New York’s Long Island – first Levittown - $7,900 ($60/month)

6. Women take Charge  During war - Independent  Made important household decisions AND brought home the bacon  After war – resisted regression  1950 – 1 million wartime marriages ended in divorce  Baby Boom  Jonas Salk

8. “Affluent Society” (Throw away society)  Americans have money to spend  New type of jobs created  Automobiles  TV ownership increases  Beatnik – nonconformist movement  Rock and roll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf55gHK48VQ

9.  Explain two issues Truman faces during his postwar presidency  Who are the Dixiecrats?  What are some of the changes that occur in the economy after the war?  How does the automobile change the American lifestyle?