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W4/3/13; M3/26/12 ; T3/29/11; M3/30/09; W4/9/08; F3/30/07; W4/5/06; H4/14/05

W4/3/13; M3/26/12 ; T3/29/11; M3/30/09; W4/9/08; F3/30/07; W4/5/06; H4/14/05. Eisenhower’s Domestic Policy ( Ch. 29.3 & 29.4; pp. 822-839 ). I. Nuclear Arms Race. counter Red Army need larger standing army peacetime draft (1947-73) nuclear weapons A-Bomb → H-Bomb → missiles

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W4/3/13; M3/26/12 ; T3/29/11; M3/30/09; W4/9/08; F3/30/07; W4/5/06; H4/14/05

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  1. W4/3/13; M3/26/12; T3/29/11; M3/30/09; W4/9/08; F3/30/07; W4/5/06; H4/14/05 Eisenhower’s Domestic Policy (Ch. 29.3 & 29.4; pp. 822-839)

  2. I. Nuclear Arms Race • counter Red Army • need larger standing army • peacetime draft (1947-73) • nuclear weapons • A-Bomb → H-Bomb → missiles • short range → long-range (IBMs → ICBMs) • missile bases • Eur: Germany, Turkey - IBM’s • US – Alaska, west - ICBM’s • MAD – Mutual Assured Destruction • nuclear deterrent • Sputnik – 1957 • First satellite • Federal $$ for education • Increased space race & nuclear race • money on defense • **warns of military-industrial complex**

  3. II. Suburbs • Fed. Highway Act – 1956 • Interstate system • comfortable, safe • “megalopolis” – NE corridor • Boston ↔ D.C. • idealization of family • family values • reinforced through TV • Conformity • similar towns & neighborhoods • “keeping up w/ the Joneses”

  4. III. Cultural A. Baby Boom, 1946-64 • housing – suburbia • Dr. Spock – child rearing B. Television (TV) • new medium • affordable • 3 networks – CBS, NBC, ABC • shared culture • family values C. Age of Affluence • unions prospered → benefits • AFL-CIO & Teamsters – corruption

  5. IV. Outsiders A. Beats • alternative lifestyles • drugs, alcohol • homosexuality • Leading beats • Ginsburg • Burroughs • Kerouac • Roots of 1960s counterculture & “hippies” • Largely apolitical

  6. IV. Outsiders (cont.) B. Rock ‘n’ Roll • Alan Freed – Cleveland DJ - 1951 • southern music • country (white) & blues (black) • r&b (blacks) • Elvis – 1954 – southern • 1956 – national • Milton Berle Show– June 5, 1956 • Ed Sullivan Show – Sept. 9, 1956 • 2nd Ed Sullivan Show – Oct., 28, 1956 • Chuck Berry, Little Richard • Impact: • youth culture – “teenagers” • Sixties

  7. V. Civil Rights A. Roots of Civil Rights Movement • de jure vs. de facto • laws; S vs. reality; N/MW/W • WWII • military segregated • military-related jobs segregated • “Double V” campaign • Exec. Order #8802 – FDR & Fair Employment Practices Comm. • Jackie Robinson • Breaks “color line” w/ Dodgers - 1947 • Truman • Desegregates military – Exec. Order #9981

  8. V. Civil Rights (cont.) B. Legal Fight • NAACP approach: judicial attack • Brown v. Board of Ed decision – 1954 • Warren Court • overturns Plessy v. Ferguson • “separate is inherently unequal” • “all deliberate speed”

  9. V. Civil Rights (cont.) C. Montgomery Bus Boycott – 1955 • Rosa Parks & Martin Luther King, Jr. • clergy’s role • boycott effective D. Little Rock 9 • Gov. OrvalFaubus • Nat’l Guard • Faubusstops integration • Nat’l guard • Ike federalizes – forces integration.

  10. V. Civil Rights (cont.) E. Civil Rights Acts of 1957 & 1960 • little enforcement • but first federal laws since Reconstruction

  11. Elvis’ Early TV Apperances • Dorsey Show – Jan. 28, 1956 • I Got A Woman • Milton Berle Show – April 4, 1956 • Hearbreak Hotel • 2nd MB Appearance – June 5, 1956 – • Hound Dog • 1st Ed Sullivan Show – Sept. 9, 1956 – • Charles Laughton guest hosts

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