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The Kinsey Reports

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Who: Zoologist
What: Report on sexual patterns of American Society
When: 1947-1958
Where: New York
Why: Prove that America was not as conservative

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“Conformity”

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Who: Officials and businessmen
What: Fitting into society
When: 1950s
Where: Urban US
Why: The need to conform to society in order not to be signed out
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Attack on Comic Books in the 50s

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Who: Parents and Media
What: How comics corrupted the youth
When: 1950s
Where: New York
Why: Forced authors to conform to society's morals values and conserves
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Elvis

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Who: King of Rock & Roll
What: Revolutionized Rock ‘n roll starting in 1950s
When: 1950s
Where: Tennessee/Hollywood
Why: 1st to mix white country music with black R&B music. It was embraced by the youth.

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Television in the 50s

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Who: Lucy & Ozzie and Harriet
What: Family oriented series
When: 1950s
Where: Hollywood
Why: Showed impact of television and more tolerance in society
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Walt Disney

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Who: Entrepreneur
What: Owner of Disney Empire
When: 1950s
Where: California and New York
Why: Disneyland (1955), intermedia, advertising, merchandise, TV, Theme Parks, music, books, and movies
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Movie in the 50s

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Who: The day the earth stood still, and the invasion of the bodysnatchers
What: Movies which portrayed aliens as Communists
When: 1950s
Where: Hollywood
Why: Form of escape from constant fear of communism

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UFO scares of the 40s and 50s

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Who: American People
What: UFO Sightings
When: 1940s 1950s
Where: New Mexico, Washington, Washington DC
Why: Led to operation bluebook and initiated conspiracy theories

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Interstate Highway Act of 1956

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Who: Eisenhower
What: Massive federal highway construction
When: 1956
Where: USA
Why: Opened America up to the newly affluent post-war generation; resulting in new businesses for highway travelers; military quick deployment

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“Dynamic Conservatism”

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Who: Dwight D. Eisenhower
What: Conservative in economics & national defense/moderate on social issues
When: 1953
Where: Washington DC
Why: Will bring civil rights issues to the front

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Dwight Eisenhower

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Who: 34th President of the US
What: Advocate of civil rights
When: 1953-1961
Where: Washington DC
Why: Supported civil rights for African Americans in the Jim Crow South
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Richard Nixon

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Who: Eisenhower’s Vice-President
What: Chosen as Ike’s running mate to appease hardliners
When: 1957-1961
Where: Washington DC
Why: Republicans wanted an anti-Communist in power

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Brown V. Board of Education

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Who: Diver Brown V. School board of Topeka, KS
What: US Supreme Court
When: 1954
Where: Washington, DC
Why: Ended segregation in public schools in Kansas

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Who: Rosa Parks
What: Refusal to ride Public Bus Transportation
When: 1955
Where: Montgomery, AL
Why: Ended segregation in public busses and rose Martin Luther King Jr. As the leader of the civil rights movement

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Who: Minister and Civil Rights Activist
What: Civil Rights Leader and Leader of SCLC
When: 1950s and 1960s
Where: USA, mostly Southern States
Why: Lead to non-violent protests throughout the south in order to bring equality to African Americans

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Emmett Till

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Who: African American Teenager
What: Brutal Killing in Mississippi
When: 1941-1955
Where: Mississippi/Chicago
Why: Will bring world wide attention to the Civil Rights issues of African Americans in the south
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Little Rock Nine

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Who: 9 Students
What: First African American Students to enroll in white school in AK
When: 1952
Where: AK
Why: Desegregated Public Schools in AK
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US Involvement in Vietnam (1950s and 60s)

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Who: Dwight D. Eisenhower
What: Stop the spread of communism in South East Asia (Domino Effect)
When: 1950s - 1960s
Where: Vietnam
Why: Increased the number of military advisors in South Vietnam increasing tensions between North and South

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Gary Powers

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Who: US Pilot
What: Shot down over Soviet Air Space
When: 1960
Where: Moscow
Why: Proved that the US was spying on the Soviet Union and increased tensions between the two countries
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Election of 1960

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Who: Kennedy V. Nixon
What: One of the closest President Elections
When: 1960
Where: Washington DC
Why: First televised debate and there were accusations of corruption

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