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America at Midcentury: Postwar Jitters and the Civil Rights Movement

Explore the post-war period in America from 1945-1961, including the economic boom, the growth of suburbs, and the rise of television culture. Learn about the seeds of disquiet, such as the Sputnik launch and the struggles for justice faced by marginalized communities. Discover the Civil Rights Movement and the fight against racial discrimination.

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America at Midcentury: Postwar Jitters and the Civil Rights Movement

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  1. AMERICA AT MIDCENTURY, 1945–1961 CHAPTER 27

  2. Postwar Jitters • Demobilization and Reconversion • The GI Bill of Rights • The Economic Boom Begins

  3. The Affluent Society • The New Industrial Society • The Age of Computers • The Costs of Bigness • Blue-Collar Blues

  4. Prosperity and the Suburbs • Suburban America • Consensus and Conservatism • Togetherness, the Baby Boom, and Domesticity • Religion and Education • Postwar Culture • The Television Culture

  5. The Growth of the Sunbelt, 1950–2000 Source: D.W. Meinig, The Shaping of America, Vol. 4 (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 232

  6. Seeds of Disquiet • Sputnik • A Different Beat • Portents of Change

  7. The Other America • Poverty and Urban Blight • Blacks’ Struggle for Justice • Latinos and Latinas • Native Americans

  8. The Civil Rights Movement • The Politics of Race • Jim Crow in Court • The Laws of the Land • Mass Protest in Montgomery • New Tactics for a New Decade

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