Slide 1: Rock n` Roll
Slide 2: THE 50`S
Slide 4: " ITS ALL OVER "
Slide 5: THE GREATEST GENERATION
THE AMERICAN CENTURY : THE AMERICAN CENTURY BEGAN IN 1945
THE BOYS CAME HOME…G.I. BILL
ECONOMICS : ECONOMICS THE GNP DOUBLED BETWEEN 1945 - 1960
WHY ? … DEFENSE SPENDING ( CHEMICALS, ELECTRONICS, AIRCRAFT )
DOMINATE INT`L TRADE … MONOPOLY AFTER THE WAR
DESIRE TO CONSUME
Slide 8: THINGS GO BETTER WITH COKE
THE BABY BOOMERS : THE BABY BOOMERS IN 15 YRS. POPULATION JUMPS 30%
77 MILLION BORN
HOME OWNERSHIP GROWS 50% FUTURE HIPPIE
Slide 11: Life and The Bomb
TRENDS : TRENDS T.V. … 4 MILLION SETS BY 1950 ( FASTEST GROWING MAGAZINE … T.V. GUIDE )
CREDIT UP 800%
MINIMUM WAGE = $1.00
MALLS ( 8 IN 1945 ) … 3,840 BY 1960
TEENS BECOME THE GIANT CONSUMER GROUP
Slide 13: Television
Slide 14: Hey Kids , What time is it ?
Slide 15: ELVIS THE PELVIS Yo
Ms Hammond !
Slide 16: Jailhouse Rock
Slide 17: BLUE SUADE COMBAT BOOTS
Slide 18: THE TOP 40
Slide 19: Rock`n Roll
Slide 20: Bandstand
Slide 21: DO-WOP
POPULATION TRENDS : POPULATION TRENDS 97% LIVE IN CITIES & SUBURBS
INTERSTATE HIGHWAY ACT KILLS THE R.R.
SUBURBS GREW 6X`S FASTER
THE ADVENT OF THE SUNBELT … AIRCONDITIONING MAKES IT POSSIBLE
FHA INSURED MORTGAGES
LEADS TO WHITE FLIGHT … 8 MILLION LEAVE CITIES BY 1955( blockbusting)
Slide 23: Roads to Nowhere
Slide 24: LEVITTOWN
Slide 25: Suburbs
Slide 26: THE SUNBELT
THE CAR : THE CAR LEADS TO CREATION OF THE SUBURBS
WHITE COLLAR WORKERS OUTNUMBER BLUE COLLAR BY 1960
RAY KROC … TWO ALL BEEF PATTIES
THE SOCIAL IMPACT : THE SOCIAL IMPACT CONFORMITY ...WW II
40% WORKED FOR AN ORGANIZATION OF 500 OR MORE
SLOAN WILSON`S “ MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT”
LEISURE TIME INCREASES ( THE 5 DAY WORK WEEK … 8 HR. DAY )
WOMEN : WOMEN FARNHAM & LUNDBERG …’ MODERN WOMEN & LOST SEX “
THE CULT OF FEMININE DOMESTICITY
OZZIE & HARRIET… FATHER KNOWS BEST … I LOVE LUCY
RELIGION : RELIGION BISHOP FULTON SHEEN
REV.BILLY GRAHAM
REBELLION & THE MEDIA : REBELLION & THE MEDIA JOHN K. GALBRAITH …AFFLUENT SOCIETY
ARTHUR MILLER,S … DEATH OF A SALESMAN
J.D.SALINGER,S … CATCHER IN THE RYE
BETTY FREIDAN,S … THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE
JACK KEROUAC,S … ON THE ROAD
THE BEAT GENERATION
Slide 32: SOME LIKE IT HOT
Slide 33: Impact of T.V.
Slide 34: 1952 Election
Slide 35: Democratic Candidate
Slide 36: Korea
Modern Republicanism
Civil Rights
Int`l Events
Changes in Dept. of Defense
Military Industrial Complex
Interstate Highways I Like Ike
Slide 37: Gone to the Dogs !
Slide 38: THE END OF INNOCENCE
Slide 39: TEN THOUSAND DAY WAR