The Fabulous Fifties

The Fabulous FiftiesVI. Suburban LifestyleDuring the 1950s, the MAIN population shift was from cities to suburbs.

2Rapid suburbanization in the 1950s was PRIMARILY the result of the American Dream

VI. Suburban LifestyleThe baby-boom generation (1946-1964) increased due to advances in medicine, confidence in continued economic prosperity and the return of veterans to family life after the war.

3Rapid suburbanization in the 1950s was PRIMARILY the result of the American Dream

VI. Suburban LifestyleJonas Salk developed the first effective vaccine against polio.

4Rapid suburbanization in the 1950s was PRIMARILY the result of the American Dream

VI. Suburban LifestyleBenjamin Spock wrote a book of advice on child-rearing that sold 10 million copies in the 1950s.

VI. Suburban LifestyleE.Betty Friedan The Feminine Mystique questioned their roles as housewives.

VII. The Automobile CultureAmericans buy cars in record numbers in the 1950s.

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VII. The Automobile CultureAn explosion in the number of privately owned cars from 1950 to 1960 was due to all of the growth of the suburbs, the availability of cheap, plentiful fuel and the Interstate Highway System

VII. The Automobile CultureDrive-Thrus, Drive-ins, family vacations and cruising become part of the popular culture.

9Access to cars and the interstate highway system (Interstate Highway Act 1956) make Americans mobile. Drive-Thrus, Drive-ins, family vacations and cruising become part of the popular culture.The car industry created opportunities and problems.

VII. The Automobile CultureC.The car industry created opportunities and problems.

10Access to cars and the interstate highway system (Interstate Highway Act 1956) make Americans mobile. Drive-Thrus, Drive-ins, family vacations and cruising become part of the popular culture.The car industry created opportunities and problems.

VIII. ConsumerismIn the 1950s, Americans buy more consumer goods than ever before. Lawn mowers, barbeque grills, pools, T.V.s, Hi-Fi record players, washers and dryers.

VII. ConsumerismPlanned obsolescence encouraged consumers to buy more goods.

VII. Consumerism Diners Club and American Express cards emerge.Advertisers appeal to Americans desire for status and conformity.

IX. Mass MediaTV provides information and entertainment.

IX. Mass MediaPrograms were usually broadcast live. Popular programs were I Love Lucy...Staring Lucielle Ball

The HoneymoonersStaring Jackie Gleason Audrey Meadows, and Art Carney.

The Mickey Mouse Club

Howdy DoodyThe Howdy Doody Show.

Some critics objected to the stereotypes of women and minorities.

191948 9% of American homes. By 1960 90% of homes.Game ShowsTwenty OneThe $64,000 QuestionThe Price is Right with Bob Barker

IX. Mass MediaIn 1961, Federal Communications Commission chairman Newton Minow said that television was a vast wasteland.

21Radio tuned to local programming, news , weather, music.Movies Stereophonic sound Cinemascope 3-D moviesB.Radio and MoviesRadio and Movies work to maintain their share of the market place.Movies use to their advantage Stereophonic sound, color, and CinemaScope by 20th Century Fox.

Ben Hur, Giant, Around the World in Eighty Days and the Ten Commandments Were spectacular epic movies.Alfred HitchcockIntroduces eerie suspenseful masterpieces such as Rear Window, The Man who Knew too Much and Psycho

3-D MoviesThree Dimensional Movies were made and were popular for a time.The Theater would provide the special glasses. Pictures leapt out of the screen.Creature from the Black Lagoon .

25http://www.edserv.sjcoe.k12.ca.us/we/50s/50's%20pictures/3-d%20movie.gifX. A Subculture EmergesThe Beat Movement: Centered in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York Citys Greenwich Village.1.Followers were referred as Beats or Beatniks.

BeatniksWere nonconformists and cared little for material goods.Adopted the hip language of jazz musicians.Read their poetry in coffee houses.

B.Rock n RollIn the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock 'n' roll were viewed as forms or expressions of rebellion

28Bread-money; pad-apartment, X. Rock n RollThe term Rock n Roll Which was invented by Alan Freed, a radio disk jockey

X. Rock n RollRock n Roll was a mixture of traditional rhythm and blues.

1.Little Richard Little Richard an African-American performer was responsible for giving birth to Rock n Roll.His hits Good Golly Miss Molly , Tutti Frutti and Long Tall Sally.

2.Chuck Berry MAYBELLINE, ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN, SCHOOL DAY, JOHNNY B. GOODE, CARROL and BACK IN THE U.S.A

32http://www.wavsworld.com/classix.htm3. Buddy Holly and the Crickets Holly's songs include: Peggy Sue, Thatll Be the Day, and Its So Easy.

4. Ritchie Valens was only 17 when he recorded his classic version of La Bamba, backed by his self-penned Donna.Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper all died on the airplane American Pie.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAsV5-Hv-7U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6uEjifqTaI

34http://www.wavsworld.com/classix.htm5. Elvis PresleyElvis Presley became known as the King of Rock n Roll.

5. Elvis PresleyElvis made rock n roll popular with whites.Hits included Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dog, Dont be Cruel and Blue Suede Shoes.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpzV_0l5ILI -Jailhouse Rockhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WskoC67VhuY&feature=related Blue Suede Shoes Live

XI. African-Americans in the 1950s.Many of the decades greatest performers included Nat King Cole.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8tRTZIx298 Unforgettable, Live

XI. African-Americans in the 1950s.Lena Horne, Harry Belafonte and Sidney Portier

XI. African-Americans in the 1950s.Harry Belafonte

XI. African-Americans in the 1950s.and Sidney Poitier.

XI. African-Americans in the 1950s.Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in professional baseball.Played for the dodgersRookie of the Year and MVPhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnDp45PfOC0&NR=1

XI. African-Americans in the 1950s.During the 1950s, radio stations could be counted on to provide programming of special interest to African-Americans.Bracero ProgramIn the 1930s over 500,000 Mexicans were deportedDuring WWII there was a need for workers as Americans went away to war so an Open Border policy was created.Truman signed Public Law 78 in attempt to protect Bracero workers.Operation Wetback (1954) over 1,000,000 Mexican were deportedLeads to organization of wages, housing and unions for Bracero workers and the rise of Caesar Chavez in the 1960sTermination PolicyAn attempt in the 1940-60s to end government relations with Indian reservations and tribesIt attempted to assimilate Native Americans and grant them all civil rights as Americans. It also removed connection to Federal Government solely (not State County or City Govs.)It was unsuccessful and Led to rise groups like AIM American Indian Movement in the 1960sEmmitt TillAge 14Murdered in MississippiWhistled at a white woman and reportedly flirted with her at a convenience store, she told her husbandHusband Roy Bryant and half brother JW Miliam went to his house at 12:30 and pulled him out from uncles care to teach a lesson.Pistol whipped boy and he remained defiant and unscarred so they shot him in the headBody was found days later in a river wrapped in barbed wire with a 70 pound cotton gin tied to him, he was unrecognizable.

Funeral and Court CaseOpen casket funeral brought additional attention to this case.Uncle identified Bryant and Milam (one of first times in black stand up to whites)Men are acquitted by White male jury in 67 minutes (wouldnt have taken so long had we not stopped to drink a soda pop)Outrage across US helps to further advance civil rights legislationMen later admit to crime and explain in look magazine how and why they did it. (not double jeopardy = no retrial)Men never feel guilt and event state before death they felt ripped off that they did not get $$ or royalties from the event and its popularity

D. Civil RightsRosa Parks became one of the most important symbols of the civil rights movement in the 1950s.Sparks the Montgomery Bus BoycottLeads to the rise of Martin Luther King Jr.

D. Civil RightsBrown vs. Board of Education of Topeka the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that schools would be desegregated.Segregation should end with all Deliberate speedWhat does this mean?Lead in to the civil rights era of the 1960s

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