This document summarizes key historical events, scientific advancements, movies, books, and video games from 1945-1960. Some of the major events covered include the end of World War 2, the establishment of the UN, the beginning of the Cold War, the Korean War, and the 1954 Supreme Court ruling against segregated schools. Scientific advancements included the development of the polio vaccine and nuclear power. Popular culture saw the publication of The Lord of the Rings, movies like Psycho, and the invention of the first video game.

1. Popular CultureAssignment 2-1 Culture and Society: Interactions 1945 - 1960 Historical events in the U.S. Literature in the U.S. Science Movies Video games BY: Earl Dean

2. Historic Events The UN is established in 1945 Gandhi assassinated in 1948 Atomic Bomb is used on Hiroshima 6 Aug and on Nagasaki 9 Aug 1945 F.D.R. dies 12 Apr ‘45 VE Day 8 May 1945 VJ Day 14 Aug 1945 WWII ENDS!! Germany is divided setting the stage for the cold war

3. The Korean War. 1950 - 1953 1954 Roger Bannister runs mile in 3:39.4 minutes. 1954 Dr. Jonas Salk develops the polio vaccine. 1954 U.S. Supreme Court rules against segregated schools. The war was the first armed conflict in the cold war and is not officially over, because it is only in a cease fire.

4. Movies, Games, & Literature In 1958 the first "video game” was invented by a physicists 1960Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho The Lord of the Rings was Written in 1954 To later become 2 movie animations and a 3-part movie masterpiece James Dean dies in a car accident at age 26.

5. Science Nuclear energy; a military need for destruction results in a power source, For both military and civilian Replica of Sputnik 1– the birth of the Space Age 1957 Stamp showing Sputnik’s orbit U.S.S. Nautilus becomes first atomic sub in 1954

6. References Augenstein, B. (1982) Evolution of the US Military Space Program 1945 – 1960: Some Key Events in Study, Planning, and Program Development. Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/2008/P6814.pdf Cold War 1945 - 1960. (2007). Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://www.thecorner.org/hist/europe/coldwar.htm Historical events. (2010). Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://www.designingwithtype.com/timelines.php?year=1940&id=11 Korean War. (2008). The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Retrieved February 24, 2010 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-KoreanWa.html Movie Timeline. (2005). Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0150210.html Picture of atomic bomb blasts. Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki Picture of FDR Funeral Train. Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://trainjotting.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/klara.jpg Picture of James Dean’s car crash. Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://cheddarbay.com/0000celebrityfiles/stars/jamesdean/crashscene.jpg Picture of Korean War map. Retrieved 21 February 2010 from http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/WWII/06/p2/TD/images/korean_war_map.jpg

7. References Picture of the Lord of the Rings book. Retrieved 21 February 2010 from http://img-nex.theonering.net/images/scrapbook/6781.jpg Picture of News Paper article about segregation. Retrieved 21 February 2010 from http://brownvboard.org/trvlexbt/pnl10/pnl10-1.jpg Picture of Polio Stamp. Retrieved 21 February 2010 from http://www.biocrawler.com/w/images/9/9b/Stamp-ctc-polio-vaccine.jpg Picture of Psycho Poster. Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://www.solarnavigator.net/films_movies_actors/film_images/Psycho_movie_poster_Janet_leigh.jpg Picture of Robert Bannister. Retrieved 21 February 2010 from http://www.achievement.org/achievers/ban0/large/ban0-020.jpg Picture of Sputnik. Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1 Picture of United Nations Logo. Retrieved 21 February 2010 from http://web.clark.edu/mceriello/MUN/un.gif Picture of USS Nautilus. Retrieved 21 February 2010 from http://www.yccc.org/Meetings/Past/2002SepMeetingGroton/Nautilus.jpg Video Games: Timeline. (2007). Retrieved 20 February 2010 from http://www.infoplease.com/spot/gamestimeline1.html