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Aim: How did the 1950s
change American’s lives?
Things that
happened in the
1950s
The 1950s
Returning Veterans “Readjust”
• GI Bill of Rights (Servicemen’s
Readjustment Act
of 1944)
• Provided veterans with
education, training, and low-
cost loans for businesses and
homes
• College enrollment
skyrocketed (increased
greatly)
• GI Bill helped create “baby
boom” of 1950s and 1960s
The 1950’s saw a
Baby Boom or
period when the birth
rate dramatically
increased.
It seems to me that every other
young housewife I see is pregnant.
-British visitor to America, 1958
1957  1 baby born
every 7 seconds!!!!
Suburbanization
:
• In the 1950s growing
families looked for more
spacious living in
suburbs—areas near
cities but away from the
crowded and busy city.
• During the 50’s average
Americans and veterans
with the GI Bill were
able to afford buying a
Levittown, Long Island
“The American Dream” “The White Picket Fence”
• William Levitt
produced 150
houses per week.
• By 1960, 1/3 of
the U. S.
population was
living in the
suburbs.
All the homes
looked the same!
• 1 story high
• 12’x19’ living room
• 2 bedrooms
• tiled bathroom
• garage
• small backyard
• front lawn
Consumerism
1952
1956
• 1950  Introduction
of the Diner’s Card
1950’s Consumerism
Teen Culture
• In the 1950s  the word “teenager”
entered the American language.
• Rock ‘N Roll and Elvis Presley “the
King” become important for teens
–Behavior rules of the 1950s:
• Obey authority and
elders
• Control emotions
• Fit in with the group
• Don’t even think about
sex!
Well-Defined Gender Roles
• The ideal modern woman
married, cooked and cared for
her family, and kept herself busy
by joining the local PTA and
leading a troop of Campfire Girls.
She entertained guests in her
family’s suburban house and
worked out on the trampoline to
keep her size 12 figure.
--Life magazine, 1956
• The ideal 1950s man was the
provider, protector,
and the boss of the house.
--Life magazine, 1955
Fashion
• Guys wore their hair longer with sideburns and
slicked back with grease. They also wore jeans and
leather jackets (with the collar turned up to be
“cool”)
• Girls wore ponytails, poodle skirts, pedal pushers,
and scarves.
• In the 1950s more
Americans held white
collar jobs (service)
than blue collar jobs
(factory jobs)
In the 1950’s….
• There was a rise of Fast-food stores, drive-ins,
and chain stores like McDonalds and Macys
• Rise of Conglomerates: businesses reorganized into
conglomerates—large company that owns other smaller
companies that produce different goods.
• Television defines the norm and perpetuates the
1950’s as the “Happy Days”
• 1950’s Technology– the Computer and advances in
medicine (polio vaccine, penicillin and other
antibiotics)
• The Eisenhower Interstate Highway System
began construction with the Federal Aid
Highway Act of 1956.
 Compare & Contrast the
1950s and the 1920s
America in the
1920s
After WW1—The US was
the richest & most
developed and stabled
country in the world.
Wages rose, working hours
declined, and Americans
had access to new
products.
Not everyone enjoyed the
Roaring 20’s
America in the
1950s
• After WW2—The US was
the richest & most
developed and stabled
country in the world.
• Wages rose, Americans
had access to new
products.
• Not everyone enjoyed the
Happy Days of the 50’s

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HW#47

  • 1. Aim: How did the 1950s change American’s lives?
  • 4. Returning Veterans “Readjust” • GI Bill of Rights (Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944) • Provided veterans with education, training, and low- cost loans for businesses and homes • College enrollment skyrocketed (increased greatly) • GI Bill helped create “baby boom” of 1950s and 1960s
  • 5. The 1950’s saw a Baby Boom or period when the birth rate dramatically increased. It seems to me that every other young housewife I see is pregnant. -British visitor to America, 1958 1957  1 baby born every 7 seconds!!!!
  • 6. Suburbanization : • In the 1950s growing families looked for more spacious living in suburbs—areas near cities but away from the crowded and busy city. • During the 50’s average Americans and veterans with the GI Bill were able to afford buying a
  • 7. Levittown, Long Island “The American Dream” “The White Picket Fence” • William Levitt produced 150 houses per week. • By 1960, 1/3 of the U. S. population was living in the suburbs.
  • 8. All the homes looked the same! • 1 story high • 12’x19’ living room • 2 bedrooms • tiled bathroom • garage • small backyard • front lawn
  • 9. Consumerism 1952 1956 • 1950  Introduction of the Diner’s Card
  • 11. Teen Culture • In the 1950s  the word “teenager” entered the American language. • Rock ‘N Roll and Elvis Presley “the King” become important for teens –Behavior rules of the 1950s: • Obey authority and elders • Control emotions • Fit in with the group • Don’t even think about sex!
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  • 13. Well-Defined Gender Roles • The ideal modern woman married, cooked and cared for her family, and kept herself busy by joining the local PTA and leading a troop of Campfire Girls. She entertained guests in her family’s suburban house and worked out on the trampoline to keep her size 12 figure. --Life magazine, 1956 • The ideal 1950s man was the provider, protector, and the boss of the house. --Life magazine, 1955
  • 14. Fashion • Guys wore their hair longer with sideburns and slicked back with grease. They also wore jeans and leather jackets (with the collar turned up to be “cool”) • Girls wore ponytails, poodle skirts, pedal pushers, and scarves.
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  • 16. • In the 1950s more Americans held white collar jobs (service) than blue collar jobs (factory jobs)
  • 17. In the 1950’s…. • There was a rise of Fast-food stores, drive-ins, and chain stores like McDonalds and Macys
  • 18. • Rise of Conglomerates: businesses reorganized into conglomerates—large company that owns other smaller companies that produce different goods.
  • 19. • Television defines the norm and perpetuates the 1950’s as the “Happy Days”
  • 20. • 1950’s Technology– the Computer and advances in medicine (polio vaccine, penicillin and other antibiotics)
  • 21. • The Eisenhower Interstate Highway System began construction with the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956.
  • 22.  Compare & Contrast the 1950s and the 1920s
  • 23. America in the 1920s After WW1—The US was the richest & most developed and stabled country in the world. Wages rose, working hours declined, and Americans had access to new products. Not everyone enjoyed the Roaring 20’s America in the 1950s • After WW2—The US was the richest & most developed and stabled country in the world. • Wages rose, Americans had access to new products. • Not everyone enjoyed the Happy Days of the 50’s