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Essential Question. What were the characteristics of the 1950s?. 1950s: The Age of Affluence. Product Demand. Rationing ended from wartime mobilization Americans were eager to spend. G.I. Bill. Loans to veterans to help them start businesses, buy homes, and attend college.

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  1. Essential Question • What were the characteristics of the 1950s?

  2. 1950s: The Age of Affluence

  3. Product Demand Rationing ended from wartime mobilization Americans were eager to spend

  4. G.I. Bill • Loans to veterans to help them start businesses, buy homes, and attend college

  5. Plastics and Synthetics Developed for military purposes Now used for consumer goods

  6. Military Spending Defense-related industries became a part of national defense Science, industry, and the federal govt intertwined

  7. White Collar Workers Rise in management position openings Corporations offered lifetime employment for college graduates

  8. Election of 1952 • Eisenhower (Republican) • Adlai Stevenson (Democrat)

  9. An Affluent Society

  10. The Suburbs Farmland on the outskirts of cities converted to tract housing and shopping malls

  11. Levitt Houses William Levitt applied mass-production techniques to quickly build houses Created subdivisions

  12. The Sun Belt Low taxes, mild climates Open space for sprawling subdivision

  13. Growing Highway System 15 cents for a gallon of gas Subdivisions existed on the assumption of people driving

  14. Interstate System Created while Eisenhower was president Federal Highway Act of 1965 Ground support for military deployment and troop support

  15. The Baby Boom More babies born between 1948 and 1953 than in the thirty years previous Drop in the marriage age

  16. Dr. Jonas Salk Perfected the polio vaccine in 1954 Free distribution in public schools

  17. Miracle Drugs Penicillin Cortisone Streptomycin

  18. Television 1947 – 7000 sets 1950 – 5.3 million sets 1960 – 87 percent of American homes had one set

  19. 1950s Television Growth in advertising Source for popular culture

  20. Father Knows Best

  21. I Love Lucy

  22. Gunsmoke

  23. Bonanza

  24. Mickey Mouse Club

  25. Howdy Doody

  26. Captain Kangaroo

  27. The Generation Gap • Cultural separation between children and parents

  28. Youth Culture • Rise of Rock n’ Roll

  29. Elvis Presley

  30. Chuck Barry

  31. Ray Charles

  32. Little Richard

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