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Post-WWII America: Red Scare, Civil Rights, & 50s Boom

Explore the impact of G.I. Bill, Truman's Fair Deal, and Red Scare fears on 1950s America, from politics to pop culture to domestic policy shifts.

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Post-WWII America: Red Scare, Civil Rights, & 50s Boom

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  1. Post WWII Domestic Policy

  2. G.I. Bill and Tax Cut Lead to Big Spending

  3. Truman Proposes Fair Deal

  4. The Red Scare Fear of the spread of communism

  5. Reasons for Red Scare • Stalin’s takeover of E. Europe • Stalemate in Korea • Communist takeover of China • Soviet’s get atomic bomb • *****Politics*****

  6. HUAC House Un-American Activities Committee

  7. Hollywood Gets Targeted

  8. Alger Hiss

  9. J. Edgar Hoover FBI Director

  10. Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

  11. Joseph McCarthy

  12. Army-McCarthy Hearings

  13. McCarthy – Civil Rights – 50s Education

  14. The Golden Years 1950s & 60s EZ Credit Baby Boom Money to Spend

  15. 1957 Vette 1955 Chevy

  16. 1957 Ford

  17. 1958 Ford Fairlane

  18. 1950s Tract Homes

  19. 1949 William Levitt 150 houses/week Levittown, L. I.: “The American Dream” $7,990 or $60/month with no down payment.

  20. The Décor at my house in the 1950s

  21. Hats and Gloves were a MUST

  22. The King In the 1950s  the word “teenager” entered the American language. By 1956  13 mil. teens with $7 billlion to spend 1951 “race music” “ROCK ‘N ROLL”

  23. Elvis

  24. Elvisat theLouisianaHayride

  25. Frankie Avalon 50s Teen Idol

  26. Fabian another teen idol of the 50s

  27. TV Takes Over

  28. Ozzie & Harriet

  29. Another 50s Teen Idol Ricky Nelson

  30. Leave it to Beaver

  31. The Honeymooners

  32. I Love Lucy

  33. Family Shows Glossy view of mostly middle-class suburban life. But... I Love Lucy The Honeymooners Social Winners?... AND… Loosers?

  34. Westerns Davy CrockettKing of the Wild Frontier Sheriff Matt Dillon, Gunsmoke The Lone Ranger(and his faithfulsidekick, Tonto): Who is that masked man??

  35. 1950s Entertainment

  36. Sputnik First Soviet Satellite

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