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Chapter 20 SOCIETY AFTER WORLD WAR II

Chapter 20 SOCIETY AFTER WORLD WAR II. Section 1: The Challenges of Peace Section 2: The Affluent Society Section 3: Voices of Dissent. Section 1: The Challenges of Peace. Objectives:. How did the U.S. economy and American workers fare after World War II?

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Chapter 20 SOCIETY AFTER WORLD WAR II

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  1. Chapter 20SOCIETY AFTER WORLD WAR II Section 1: The Challenges of Peace Section 2: The Affluent Society Section 3: Voices of Dissent

  2. Section 1: The Challenges of Peace Objectives: • How did the U.S. economy and American workers fare after World War II? • What were the most important issues of the 1948 election? • What were the major goals of President Truman’s Fair Deal, and were they accomplished?

  3. Section 1: The Challenges of Peace The American economy and American workers after WWII • The economy remained fairly strong, despite fears of depression. • Workers’ problems included antiunion legislation, high inflation, and job loss.

  4. Section 1: The Challenges of Peace Issues in 1948 • civil rights • labor unrest • high inflation • broader social security benefits • federal aid for agriculture, education, and housing

  5. Section 1: The Challenges of Peace The Fair Deal • sought full employment and a higher minimum wage • called for a national health insurance program • wanted affordable housing • tried to increase aid to farmers and expand welfare benefits • had limited success

  6. Section 2: The Affluent Society Objectives: • How did President Eisenhower try to manage the nation’s problems? • How did the workforce change in the 1950s? • What was suburban life like during the 1950s? • What was early television programming like? • How did trends in popular culture reflect larger social changes among teenagers in the 1950s?

  7. Section 2: The Affluent Society Eisenhower’s management • attempted to be conservative in regard to money and liberal in regard to people • expanded some programs and cut others

  8. Section 2: The Affluent Society Workforce changes in the 1950s • Automation increased productivity but reduced manufacturing jobs. • Service positions expanded, creating more pink-collar jobs. • Corruption caused support for unions to decrease. • Corporate mergers created new white-collar jobs.

  9. Section 2: The Affluent Society Suburban life during the 1950s • many identical communities • centered around the family • consumerism • conformity

  10. Section 2: The Affluent Society Early television programming • corporate-sponsored • dramas • quiz shows • situation comedies • sports • variety shows

  11. Section 2: The Affluent Society Popular culture and social changes • Satire in magazines and comic books and rebel characters in fiction expressed confusion and anger. • Rock ’n’ roll foreshadowed civil rights challenges.

  12. Section 3: Voices of Dissent Objectives: • How did the Brown decision affect school segregation and expose conflict over segregation? • How was the Montgomery bus boycott a major turning point in the civil rights movement? • What challenges did Hispanics, Asian Americans, and American Indians face in the 1950s? • How did writers and scholars criticize 1950s society? • What problems did poor Americans face in the 1950s?

  13. Section 3: Voices of Dissent The Brown decision • banned racial segregation in public schools • precipitated violence when integration was attempted in Little Rock, Arkansas

  14. Section 3: Voices of Dissent The Montgomery bus boycott • struck a blow against segregation • established Martin Luther King, Jr. as a major civil rights leader • helped people believe they could stand up to power

  15. Section 3: Voices of Dissent Challenges faced by Hispanics • discrimination • segregation, especially in public schools • nativism

  16. Section 3: Voices of Dissent Problems of Asian Americans • discrimination • beliefs that they did not fit the American “ideal”

  17. Section 3: Voices of Dissent Challenges faced by American Indians • relocation and termination policies • government pressure to assimilate

  18. Section 3: Voices of Dissent Criticism expressed by writers and scholars • conformity • racism • poverty • lack of creativity

  19. Section 3: Voices of Dissent Problems of poor Americans • falling farm prices • high cost of farm equipment • few farm jobs • increasingly poor urban populations • discrimination • poor housing

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