50s Lecture Flashcards
US is the wealthiest country in human history
true/false
TRUE!
symbol for the American spirit
Cars
___of cars are in the US. We produce __% of worlds cars
¾
80%
National income _____
doubles!
Americans are ___ richer than Brits
2x
The “great ______ spree” and malls
great shopping spree
40% → __% own homes
60% own homes!
Baby boom happens
yea
Fast food and hotels like
macdonalds and holiday inn
middle class prosperity leads Americans to think we are “ “
“class-less”
If your poor,
it’s your own fault
We think we are a “moral” nation becuase
we our prosperous
In 1960, __% belong to a church
69% of Americans belong to a church
manufactured suburbia neighborhoods
Levittowns
“Family that ____ together stays together”
prays
Christianity adds these verses/sayings
“One nation under god”
“In god we trust ($)”
Free market and No major strikes
t/f
true
Down payments on homes are as low as
$100
Why question things when
everything is so good
Everyone wants to fit in.
Uniformity.
Working class →
middle class
Anti-_______
Anti-intelectual
Intellectuals are called “eggheads” – shamed by Eisenhower
kitchens become
central
In kitchen ads women wear
heels/crowns
highest importance to women
children
____ of college women graduate
1/3
Marital problems blamed on
womens ambitions
Non-married women are
shamed
AAs use bleaching creams, straighten hair
“Black no more”
“become” white
Jews tried to pass as
christian
Gay people are called “_______” and “sick”
sexual perverts
______ confirms conformity
Television
1950, 9% of homes have TVs. 1959, ___% homes have TV
90%
metaphor for america- truth justice and the American way
Super man
The Korean War is called
“forgotten war”
How many Americans die/are wounded during Korean War?
40,000 Americans die and 100k wounded
US overthrows
Iran prime minister
US initiates a coup in
Guatemala
In Vietnam the US cancles elections and…
Instals a corrupt leader (Diem)
“horror” movie of communism
The Red Nightmare
1955 – USSR tests ______ bomb
hydrogen
____ government employees are forced to take loyalty oaths
2.5 million
McCarran Internal security act
Allowed detention for subversive activities. Broad. 6 Concentration camps.
“Little McCarrans”
Teacher sfired. Education is battleground. Slavery is dimmed.
People had to sign loyalty oaths. Hollywood hit. Red Channels list people and they are kept from working
__% homes have bomb shelters
5%
What did Americans not want in their water? why?
Anti water flouride b/c communist
Cincinnati reds →
redlegs
Journalist that took on macarthy
Edward R Murrow j
mccarthy goes after army lawer
(name)
Fisher
Thin cloth/newspaper can save you. “Bathe” off the radiation
true
Black family that buys house in levittown
Meyers family. Dad is a WW2 veteran.
They are discriminated against
Realtors deny black
homeownership
_____ segregate communities
Highways
Brown v board of education
de-segregates schools
Little rock 1957
nine Black students require President Eisenhower’s intervention with federal troops to ensure their safety and the school’s integration
Mongomery bus boycott
Rosa parks
Emmet till
- lynched.
Magazine publishes emmett till’s body in casket
In the name of trying to protect freedom….
were we undermining it?
The Beat Movement
Jazz poetry underground clubs
Music: 2 new ways to listen.
transistor radio
portable record player
Rock n roll hall of fame in cleveland b/c of ____
Allen Freed
Father of rock and roll. Integrated black/white. Dance parties.
“If i could find a white man with a negro feel, i could make a biliion dollars”
Elvis
White man with a “black soul”
Elvis
Who liked/disliked elvis?
Kids loved him parents didnt
What music event and genre is “banned”
rock and roll dance parties/listening under 18/removed rock and roll/tried to ban it
Rebel Without a Cause – youth were misunderstood
(James Dean)
Gory comic
magazine that made fun of everything mainstream
(__college students regularly read it)
EC comics
Mad magazine
3/5
