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the 1950's

the 1950's. Garrett Himler, TJ Kotarski, Marissa Markee, Brianne Lucot. f-11 by James Rosenquist. Grease video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyumwOEg9K0. Elvis Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UcY_KsvHho. Music of the 1950s. Elvis Presley

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the 1950's

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  1. the 1950's Garrett Himler, TJ Kotarski, Marissa Markee, Brianne Lucot

  2. f-11 by James Rosenquist

  3. Grease video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyumwOEg9K0

  4. Elvis Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UcY_KsvHho

  5. Music of the 1950s Elvis Presley - 77 million sales in his lifetime. - "heart throb" of the 50's. - new kind of dancing. Bill Haley - One of the first Rock n' Roll Musicians

  6. Nat King Cole - Jazz. Known for his soft baritone voice. - Mostly popular in the early 50's. Jerry Lee Lewis - Early pioneer of Rock n' Roll - Main hits in the late 50's. Frank Sinatra - Known as a crooner. - Entering the mid 50's, he added more swing into his music.

  7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Rb_AHBvMQ

  8. Suburban life -Campaign to create "ideal" American family. -70% of all women were married by 24. Causing a baby boom with the generation -Glamorization in media. Saw and expected to own a home, car and raise a family in your 20's. -Television was a large part of home life. -Increase in secretary jobs, allowing women to get out of the house. -Mid 50's teens started rebelling and going outside the ideal family vision.

  9. Suburban life

  10. Pop Culture and its influences - Babies born in the 50's were called baby boomers because the amount of people moving to the suburbs and creating families increased. As nuclear weapons became closer to being used, kids and teenagers became more nervous. Rock n roll was the music trend of the 50's. Culture in the 50's was formed around building bomb shelters, and the Red Scare.

  11. Duck Butt Ivy Leaguer Peter Pan Poodle

  12. Pucci and Givenchy Emerged. Coco Chanel re-opened her house. Dupont began mass producing polyester. Christian Dior passes away Towards the end of the decade, Givenchy and Yves Saint Laurent began to introduce the more shapeless 60's look.

  13. Suzy Parker Suzy Parker was the girl that every girl wanted to be and every boy wanted to date. She was a beautiful redheaded model with a zestful personality. She appeared on over 60 magazine covers. She looked good in everything from a red sequin dress to a classic trench coat, a piece that she turned into a staple in every woman's closet. She caused some controversy after appearing in an ad in nothing other than nylons. She was married 3 times. She became sick and went through countless dialysis treatments. She died on May 3, 2003 but left behind her a great legacy.

  14. Sports

  15. Theater, Film, and Television • Consumerism: The beginning of the wonderful world of advertising. • 50% of homes had a TV set, causing theatre attendance to decline drastically • Industry began converting into sound studios. • Many teenagers attended drive-ins for a cheap date. • James Dean: First American Rebel • Lucille Ball: Epitome of an American Housewife

  16. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeJ2UrrF2Rk

  17. The Crucible The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller in 1953. It was his commentary on the current state of government in the form of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. The Crucible won the Tony in 1953 for Best Play.

  18. Limiting Communism Anti-Communism rallies were held These public rallies are iconically seen in films

  19. McCarthyism Coined as a witchhunt McCarran International Security Act began the paranoia Required all individuals associated with or previously associated with communist groups to be deported

  20. McCarthy Trials Trials that deemed people as guilty deported individuals that were found guilty as communist Trials had very little against accused to deem them as communist Trials ended when individuals in the military were accused as being communist

  21. A Fair Deal Goals Full Employment Higher Minimum Wage Subsidies for Farmers National Health Care Affordable Housing Stop Racial Discrimination Did it work???? American people and politicians were more interested in stability, not more government intervention.

  22. “The absence of war is not peace.”

  23. Eisenhower Created the interstate system Aimed to Balance the Nation's Budget Expanded the Social Security into a cabinet level agency Increased spending on Education Integrated the Troops Held over 200 press conferences Progressive Republican Party "Willing to fight for the right"t

  24. Eisenhower

  25. Policy of Containment Containment: an act or policy of restricting the territorial growth or ideological influence of another, especially a hostile nation Cut back government spending on programs severely so more money could be spent on militaristic needs. Vietnam: Rebels began to form a coup to overthrow the Southern Vietnamese government. Eisenhower supported the current government and armed them to fight off the communists. In Latin America and the Middle East, Eisenhower used government agencies to prevent budding nationalist and communist groups from gaining power.

  26. Historic Events and People Korean Conflict- Very public containment conflict Marshall plan- Stimulated the economies of Western European economies 1959- Cuban Independence (Castro)

  27. Historic Events and People Immigration and Naturalization Act- Limited Immigration of immigrants into the United States. Allowed special kinds of immigrants. Highway System- First interstate highway system begins to be constructed

  28. Moa ZeDong- China becomes Communist 1949 Great Leap Forward- Chinese attempt to quickly modernize Stalin dies in 1953- Khrushchev denounces him

  29. Inventions and Discoveries -credit card(1950) -hydrogen bomb(1952) -first robot(1954) -video recorded(1956) -first organ transplant(1950) -seat belts(1952) -microchip(1958) -transistor radio(1953) -video tape(1956) -color t.v(1951) -Sputnik1 launched by the soviet union. First satellite to orbit Earth. -Polio Vaccine was dicovered by Jonas Sulk in 1952. Epidemic of 52: 60,000 registered cases and 3,000 deaths just in the U.S.

  30. Quiz

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