How was the economy after wwii?

The Impact of the Baby Boom

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  On elementary schools:______________________________________________________
  
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    California built a new school every _____ days
    
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  On toy sales:_______________________________________________________________
  
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  On vacation: In 1955 __________________________ opened in S California
  
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  Margaret Sanger created ____________________________________ and spearheaded the development of a ______________________________________________________.
  
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    1957: _______________________________________________________________
    
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    1960: _______________________________________________________________
    
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    1962: _______________________________________________________________
    

Advances in Medicine


What are people who work “desk” type jobs referred to as?
In the 1950s, there were many __________________________________________________

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  Led to an increase in ___________________________________________________
  

Polio Vaccine (Polio = inflames the ______________________________________________________________)

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  Polio epidemics swept the nation in the 1940s and 1950s. ________________________ developed an injectable vaccine that prevented ________________.
  
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  New cases of polio declined dramatically.
  

What parts of the business sector expanded? (3)
Albert Sabin later developed an oral vaccine for polio, causing the ___________________

______________________________________________________________in the United States.

The American dream in the 50s

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  By the end of the 1950s, Americans were enjoying the highest standard of living in the world many Americans began working in _____________________________________________, such as sales and management.
  
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  for the first time, white-collar workers outnumbered blue-collar workers—people who perform physical labor in industry.
  

White Collar Jobs

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  During the 1950s, businesses expanded rapidly “white-collar” jobs:
  
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Social Conformity

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  In the 1950s it was common to see people ___________________________________ (be like each other) to one another.
  
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  Individuality was not encouraged especially at work
  

The advertising age

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  The rise in luxury products led to the growth of more ___________________advertising.
  

What is a franchise?
The ______________________________industry became the _________________-growing industry in the United States, using new marketing techniques to _____________ products.

Franchises emerge

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  The 1950s also had an increase in franchises, in which a person ______________ and _________________________ one or several stores of a chain operation.
  
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  A franchise is ______________________________________________________________
  

_________________________________________________________________________

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  __________________________ restaurants developed the first franchises in America
  

Leisure in the 1950s


What was the primary purpose of creating a U.S. Interstate Highway System, funded by the 1956 Federal Highway Act?
Americans experienced _________________ work weeks and more ____________________ time than ever before

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  Leisure time activities became a multi-billion dollar industry
  
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  Labor-saving devices added more spare time
  

The automobile culture

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  After the rationing of WWII, inexpensive and plentiful fuel and easy credit led many to buy cars
  
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  By 1960, over ____________________________________ Americans owned autos
  

Federal Highway act

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  In 1956 Congress passed the ___________________________________________________
  
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  ________________________ of 40,000 miles of interstate ________________________.
  
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  Main Reason why act was passed: In times of crisis it would be necessary to transport_____________________ and military supplies quickly
  

Impact of highway

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  The Interstate Highway system resulted in:
  
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Popular culture

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  A new era of mass media led by ___________________________________emerged in the 1950s. 1948 only ______ homes owned TVs. By 1960 ______ homes owned a TV.
  
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  The impact of television:
  
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    An important source of ______________________________.
    
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    __________________________ and sporting events became more common.
    
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    __________________________ became the most popular magazine.
    
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    ______________________________ = the complete ready-to-heat meals.
    
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    Popular television shows like ______________________________________ and ____________________________ expressed social norms and gender roles
    

Artistic Movement

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  A group of mostly white artists, who called themselves the ________________, highlighted the ___________________ that existed in the United States in the 1950s.
  

How were beatniks different from the norm?
In 1957 beat writer ___________________published On the Road. This book described freewheeling adventures with a car thief and a con-artist. The book shocked readers but went on to become a classic in American literature.

Beatniks follow own path

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  The word may have come from the group feeling beat down by American culture.
  
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  Followers, called “___________________”, tended to shun work and sought understanding through Zen Buddhism, music, and sometimes drugs
  

Young Americans

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  Young Americans rebelled against the conformist ideals of adult society and looked to controversial styles in music and literature
  

Rock and Rock can be traced to what African America style of music?
Music in the 1950s

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  In 1951 radio disc jockey Alan Freed gained permission from his manager to play African American __________________________________ on the radio.
  
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    He called it “____________________________________”
    
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  The listeners loved the new songs, and soon white artists were copying the sound
  
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  Many cities ________________________ rock and roll
  
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  The Generation Gap =_________________________________________________________
  

___________________________________________________________________________

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  1960s “hippies” and their parents
  
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  _________________________ became parents’ worst nightmare
  

Social Rebel


Who were seen as social rebels of the 1950s?
_________________________________- During the 1950s there was a rise in, juvenile delinquency— criminal behavior of youths.

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  While most teens did not participate in any illegal activity, teens were _____________________________, especially if they had long hair and dressed in an alternative manner they were known as greasers
  

Rise in the KKK

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  Rise in ___________________against African Americans due to the growing Civil Rights Movement
  

50s in a nutshell

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  The postwar era witnessed tremendous economic growth and rising social contentment and conformity. Yet in the midst of such increasing abundance and comfortable domestic lives; some social critics expressed a growing sense of unease with American culture in the 1950s.
  

Dissent Examples

Conformity Examples



Read over notes then put them away and on a separate sheet summarize what you’ve learned about the 1950s

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