1950 s Suburban Life and the Affluent Society

1950 s – Suburban Life and the Affluent Society 1950 s – Red Scare and Mc. Carthyism Senator Joseph Mc. Carthy US Families enjoying the prosperous 1950 s Anticommunist propaganda

1950 s – Suburban Life and the Affluent Society 1950 s a time of great prosperity, millions of Americans could afford TVs and new cars. 1950 s a time when millions of middle class Americans moved from the cities to the outskirts called suburban areas.

1950 s – Suburban Life and the Affluent Society Americans spent the money they had saved on war bonds and also took out loans to buy TVs & Cars. The Korean War kept US industry booming and the average US wage was three times more than in the UK.

However, while millions of middle class Americans moved to the suburbs. 30% of the population were still living below the poverty line. Mostly, Blacks, & Hispanics. There wasn’t a national health service and the poorest members of society continued to suffer the most. Also, southern areas were less developed and people in those areas were worst off - Black and Hispanic.

1950 s – Red Scare and Mc. Carthyism There was a second Red Scare in the late 40 s and early 50 s in America. Fear of Soviet Russia made some American’s paranoid about Communism. In 1950 Senator Joe Mc. Carthy announced that he had a list with the names of 205 known communists living in America. Names on the list included Hollywood directors and also government officials.

1950 s – Red Scare and Mc. Carthyism By the mid 1950 s Mc. Carthyism had faded away. Suspicions arose over his claims and journalists began investigating him. Mc. Carthy did not have any real evidence to prove people were communist. His claims were based on rumours and he was removed from his job. The term Mc. Carthyism became a way of describing a Witchhunt to silence the outspoken.

When Senator Joe Mc. Carthy died in 1957 not many shed a tear. Mc. Carthyism and the Cold War helped create a fear and hatred of communism in the US that has never really gone away. In reality however, under 1% of the population had any communist sympathies. Anti-Civil Rights campaigners also used Mc. Carthyism to say they were communist.

Describe the Affluent Society [4] Success Criteria 3 points mentioned and developed Written in past tense Chronological i. e. After the war… 1950 s Segregated School

Describe the effects of Mc. Carthyism on the people of the USA [4] Success Criteria 3 points mentioned and developed Written in past tense Chronological i. e. Mc. Carthy helped create a fear…