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Chapter 30 The Affluent Society

Chapter 30 The Affluent Society. The economy begins to improve in the 1950s 1 st modern computer is invented Mark 1 IBM Baby Boom Population increases from 150 million in 1950 to 179 million in 1960 Suburbs expand The demand for automobiles increase. The New Economics.

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Chapter 30 The Affluent Society

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  1. Chapter 30The Affluent Society The economy begins to improve in the 1950s 1st modern computer is invented Mark 1 IBM Baby Boom Population increases from 150 million in 1950 to 179 million in 1960 Suburbs expand The demand for automobiles increase

  2. The New Economics Keynesian Economics Labor Labor Unions enjoy success in the 1950s AFL and CIO merge Teamsters Jimmy Hoffa

  3. Middle Class Increases The Consumer Culture TVs, dishwashers, stereos, hula hoops The Suburban Nation More Americans move to the suburbs Levittowns William Levit build affordable housing

  4. Dr. Benjamin Spock Baby and Child Care (1946) Mothers must help children to learn and grow to realize their potential Supports the belief of traditional gender roles for women

  5. Television 1946- 17,000 sets in country 1957- 40 million TV sets NBC, CBS, ABC Advertising Ozzie and Harriett The Honeymooners Leave it to Beaver I Love Lucy Father knows best

  6. Science and Space Jonas Salk (1955) Invented a vaccine for Polio Sputnik (1957) 1st satellite in space

  7. American Space program Allan Shepard (May 5, 1961) 1st American in Space John Glen (Feb 2, 1962) 1st American to orbit the globe Neil Armstrong (July 1969) 1st man to walk on moon National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

  8. Organized Society White Collar jobs increase High Schools and Universities Begin to teach skilled specialized professions Opponents of the Organized Society JD Salinger Catcher in the Rye (1951)

  9. Beatniks Protested the conformity of America Allen Ginsberg “Howl” (1955) A bitter poem about American life Jack Kerouac On The Road(1957) Described the lifestyle of the “Beatnik”

  10. James Dean Rebel Without A Cause (1955) East of Eden (1955) Represented the rebellious youth of the 1950s Rock and Roll Elvis Presley Disc Jockeys (Radio) American Band Stand (1957) Dick Clark

  11. The Other America Rural Poverty Farmers Inner Cities Ghettos Blacks, Hispanics Juvenile delinquents Urban Renewal Attempted to clean up cities Wanted to attract middle class whites

  12. The Civil Rights Movement Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (May 17, 1954) Judge Earl Warren Overturns Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Segregation in public schools becomes illegal “Massive Resistance” Southern states resisted integration Parents sent their children to “segregation Academies”

  13. Rosa Parks (Dec 1, 1955) Refused to give up her seat Montgomery Bus Boycott Segregation in public transportation comes to an end (1956) The Little Rock Incident (Sept, 1957) Central High School begins integration Governor Orval Faubus Eisenhower sends in troops

  14. Martin Luther King Jr. Believed in passive resistance (Civil Disobedience) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Jackie Robinson Broke the color barrier (Brooklyn Dodgers) (1957) Civil Rights Act was passed

  15. Eisenhower Republicanism Pro-Business Limited federal activities and encouraged private enterprise However, he did keep some New Deal welfare programs (Social Security, Minimum Wage)

  16. Election of 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) v. Adali Stevenson (D) Eisenhower is reelected Democrats control Congress The Decline of McCarthyism Army-McCarthy Hearings Senate censored McCarthy

  17. John Foster Dulles Secretary of State Believed in “Massive Retaliation” (1954) Brinkmanship Push the USSR to the brink of war in order to exact concessions

  18. Korea and Vietnam Korea Hostilities finally end on July 27, 1953 The 38th Parallel remains the border Vietnam Vietnamese forces under Ho Chi Minh defeats the French at Dien Bien Phu (May 7, 1954) Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO) is formed in 1954

  19. The Nation of Israel (May 14, 1948) Israel is created as a country for displaced European Jews The UN recognizes Israel The Arab-Israel Wars begin The US supports Israel The USSR supports the Arabs

  20. Latin America They resented US involvement Cuba The US supported the regime of Fulgencio Batista Fidel Castro’s forces take control of Cuba (Jan 1, 1959) Castro becomes Communist and forms an alliance with the Soviet Union US breaks relations with Cuba

  21. The Arms Race The US and the USSR begin to build nuclear arms Us explodes a Hydrogen Bomb (1952) Joseph Stalin dies (1953) Geneva Conference (1955) Eisenhower meets with Nikolai Bulganin Cold War eases a bit New Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev (1956) supports “peaceful coexistence” with the West

  22. The Middle East Suez Crisis (July, 1956) Egypt (Gen. Gamal Nasser) asked the US for funds to build the Aswan Dam Egypt than asked the Soviet Union who agreed to limited funds Egypt seized the British-French owned Suez Canal Britain, France, and Israel attacked Egypt and retook the canal The UN called for the forces to withdraw from Egypt

  23. Eisenhower Doctrine (1957) The US pledged economic and military aid to any Middle Eastern country threatened by Communism Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is formed in 1960 Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, and Venezuela

  24. U2 Incident (1959) Eisenhower invited Khrushchev to Camp David in 1959 They agree to meet at a peace summit in Paris in 1960 A U2 spy plane is shot down over Russia Pilot Francis Gary Powers is captured Khrushchev is outraged and cancels the Paris Peace Summit The Cold War Intensifies

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