1. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands Do Now Please write your HW. Homework: 1.Notes Ch. 30 (p. 744-761, 764-765) 2.Study Guide 3.Work on Project

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3. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands Mendez v. Westminster

4. Chapter Ninth Edition America: Past and Present America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. Affluence and Anxiety 29

5. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands Why was Postwar America Prosperous?

6. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands What were some challenges during the prosperous postwar years?

7. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands What was life like in the suburbs? How did it compare/contrast with city life and gender roles?

8. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands The Good Life? Consumerism the dominant social theme of the 1950s Quality of life left Americans anxious and dissatisfied Explain WHY?!!!

9. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands Areas of Greatest Growth Church membership School attendance Television watching What were the causes of these areas to grow?

10. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands Critics of the Consumer Society Social critics of suburban culture – John Keats – William Whyte – David Riesman C. Wright Mills criticized corporations Jack Kerouac, “Beat” artists promote counterculture

11. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands The Reaction to Sputnik 1957: Russians launched Sputnik American response – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – National Defense Education Act—upgrade the teaching of science Sense of failure, declined by 1960

12. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands Farewell to Reform Spirit of reform waned in postwar years Reasons: –Growing affluence reduced sense of grievance –Americans eager to enjoy their new prosperity

13. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands Truman and the Fair Deal Fair Deal attempted to expand New Deal –Medical Insurance for all Americans –Revived and strengthened Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) –Federal aid to education

14. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands Truman and the Fair Deal Why did the Fair Deal fail? What were some of Truman’s achievements?

15. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands Eisenhower’s Modern Republicanism Eisenhower left New Deal intact 1954: Democrats regained Congress

16. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands Eisenhower’s Modern Republicanism 1956: Highway Act- – What was the purpose? What did it do for the United States socially and economically? Overall, Eisenhower years were politically moderate

17. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands The Interstate Highway System

18. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands The Struggle Over Civil Rights Cold War prompted quest for American moral superiority Legal discrimination against African Americans challenged U.S. self-image African Americans expected more in postwar America

19. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands Civil Rights as a Political Issue Truman’s civil-rights legislation failed 1948: African American vote gave Truman his margin of victory Civil rights made part of the liberal Democratic agenda Truman integrated the armed forces

20. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands Desegregating the Schools 1947: Mendez v. Westminster Earl Warren: 1954: Brown v. Board of Education – Segregated schools unconstitutional – Desegregate “with all deliberate speed” Massive resistance in Deep South 1957: Eisenhower’s actions – Federal troops sent to Little Rock, Arkansas – Commission on Civil Rights established

21. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands The Beginnings of Black Activism NAACP: Pressed for civil rights in courts 1955: Martin Luther King, Jr. led Montgomery bus boycott 1956: Southern Christian Leadership Conference directed at anti-segregation Sit-ins protested segregation laws 1960: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

22. Copyright ©2011, ©2007, ©2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. America: Past and Present, Ninth Edition Divine Breen Frederickson Williams Gross Brands Restoring National Confidence American people more optimistic in 1960 than in 1950 Fear of economic depression waned Fear of Cold War continued Growing recognition of incompatibility of racial injustice with American ideals