1. “The Way We Were” American Politics and Society in the 1950s

2. “The Cold War”

3. The Iron Curtain

4. Josef Stalin

5. Nikita Krushchev

6. The Bomb

7. Leaders & Politicians of the 1950s

8. Harry Truman and Douglas MacArthur

9. America Likes Ike

10. Richard Nixon

11. Adlai Stevenson

12. Senator Joe McCarthy

13. Speaker of House, Sam Rayburn, Democrat of Texas

14. Majority Leader of the Senate, Lyndon Johnson, Democrat of Texas

15. The Rise of a Consumer Culture

16. Homes

17. Suburbs

18. Discount Appliances

19. “Fast Food”

20. Cars

21. More Cars

22. Television

23. Popular Culture

24. Television Families: The Nelsons

25. I Love Lucy

26. The Cleavers: Leave it to Beaver

27. The “Original” Superman

28. Ed Sullivan

29. Milton Berle &Texaco Star Theatre

30. Steve Allen

31. The Rise of a “Teen Culture”

32. Rock and Roll Elvis

33. Chuck Berry

34. Little Richard

35. Jerry Lee Lewis

36. Drive-In Movies

37. “Bad Boy”: James Dean

38. “Bad Boy”: Marlon Brando

39. “Marilyn”

40. Was It?