Chapter 27: The 1950s
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Homework: Ch 27: 1 "1950s Politics"
Read Ch 27 Section and complete the assigned chart. President Truman and Eisenhower would take our nation from WWII Production to the booming peacetime economy of the 1950s. What were their successes? What were their failures? How did their policies change America?
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Class Notes: Ch 27: 1 "The GI Bill"
Veterans returning after WWII needed assistance adjusting to life after war. The GI Bill was a large government spending program to help these men earn college degrees, buy homes, and create a better life. As a result of this legislation America's suburbs were built.
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Listen! "Little Boxes"
This song was written about the new suburban lifestyles of the 1950s. What is the song's critique of this new generation and their life?
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Class Notes: Ch 27: 2 "The Affluent Society"
The postwar economic boom brought great changes to society, including the ways many Americans worked and lived.
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Class Notes: Ch 27: 3 "Pop Culture"
During the carefree and prosperous 1950s, Americans turned to television, new forms or music, cinema, and literature to entertain themselves.
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Homework: Outline Ch 27: 4
"The Other Side of American Life"
Topic: Not everyone in the US prospered during the nation's postwar boom, as millions of minorities and rural whites struggled daily with poverty. |