1. Chapter 12 Fifties and Sixties

2. Lesson 1 The Boom Years Government in the Fifties Great economic growth Truman’s Fair Deal Eisenhower’s Federal Aid Highway Act Prosperity

3. Americans at Home Veteran –served in military Baby boom-increased number of babies Population increased between 1945-1955 Houses more than quadrupled in 1950

4. Consumer Goods Automobiles, washing machines, clothes dryers, vacuum cleaners, televisions TV changed the way people learned about the world around them-news and events all over the world came into living rooms Vaccine-Jonas Salk developed vaccine to prevent polio-a crippling disease

5. Lesson 2 Civil Rights Civil rights are rights that a country guarantees their citizens Slavery ended but African Americans were still treated unequally

6. School Segregation Ends Schools were segregated in the fifties until Linda Brown in Kansas sued the Board of Education in a court of law. Thurgood Marshall took the case to the Supreme Court where segregation was ruled illegal/unconstitutional Brown vs. Board of Ed

7. Montgomery Bus Boycott Buses were segregated in Montgomery during the fifties Rosa Parks Nonviolent protest led by MLK Jr Supreme Court ruled segregated buses illegal/unconstitutional

8. Victories Restaurants Colleges Sit ins Freedom Riders

9. March on Washington Protest in DC Famous “I Have a Dream” speech Civil Rights Act of 1964-banned segregation in schools, workplaces, and public places such as restaurants and theaters Law didn’t pass due to Americans voting- African Americans could not vote

10. Voting Rights Act of 1965 It was illegal to prevent or hinder citizens from voting because of their racial or ethnic backgrounds. 1968 MLK was assassinated Other minority groups were inspired and fought for their rights also

11. Lesson 3 Sixties JFK had New Frontier programs for young people to help change society Started the Peace Corps-sent volunteers to teach all around the world “…ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country”

12. Space Race While JFK was President, the U.S. competed with Soviet Union to send people into outer space Soviet Union won with Sputnik I and Yuri Gagarin Alan Shepard John Glenn Apollo- U.S. first to the moon

13. Apollo I Program to land on the moon Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind” Significance: 1 st time in history, humans set foot on another world

14. JFK to Johnson Assassinated 1963 in Dallas, TX VP Johnson sworn in as President on an airplane Johnson believed in govt helping people and started the Great Society program

15. Great Society Welfare-helps people in need Food Shelter Medical care Job training Education

16. Culture Shift Baby boomer generation became teens Elvis Presley and rock n roll Beatles, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan Sulptors and artist adopted pop art Andy Warhol College age people saw injustice and poverty around them and wanted to create change

17. Lesson 4 War in Vietnam Group of communist supported by the North Vietnamese government tried to overthrow the South Vietnam government in the early 60’s. U.S. sent advisors 1 st and ended up sending soldiers by 1965. Vietcong joined in fighting against the U.S.

18. Johnson sent more U.S. soldiers New U.S. technology: tanks and bombers, helicopters Vietcong fought in small groups in the jungle with out new weapons Vietcong controlled most of South Vietnam despite the number of soldiers and new weapons

19. Anti war Movement People disagreed about U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Very expensive and deadly TV brought images to our homes Young men were drafted to go to war Many demonstrations expressing opinions (for and against)

20. Leaving Vietnam Nixon became President in 1969 He brought a lot of soldiers home immediately as planes increased bombing N Vietnam 1973 Cease fire between North Vietnam and U.S. and South Vietnam All U.S. soldiers left Vietnam North Vietnam attacked again and won

21. Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Made in DC in 1982 Built to recognize the contributions of veterans who had fought in Vietnam Designer: Maya Lin Maya was 21 and designed it in hopes to help people heal after the war Names of all U.S. soldiers that died in Vietnam are engraved into the black wall