Postwar America 1945 1960 The Big Three 1945

Postwar America 1945 -1960

The Big Three 1945

TRUMAN DEFEATS DEWEY 1948

Congressman Nixon 1950

Ike & Nixon 1952

1954 Bikini Atoll Hydrogen Bomb

Martin Luther King Jr. Arrested 1955

Integration @ Little Rock 1957

Governmental Policies n Truman’s progressive ideals • Attempted to abolish poll taxes, lynching, & protect African American rights. n n Truman’s Fair Deal Federal Highway Act One of two public works programs appropriated by the Eisenhower administration. St. Lawrence Seaway project

Growth of Suburbia n n The Interstate highway system gave people freedom to live further away from their place of employment. Baby Boom

Rise of Television n n n I Love Lucy Gunsmoke The Twilight Zone The Honeymooners Zorro Dennis the Menace Leave it to Beaver n Three Stooges

Rock ‘n’ Roll n n n Fats Domino: Blueberry Hill Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode Elvis Presley: Hound Dog Buddy Holly: Umm Oh Yeah (Dearest) Ritchie Valens: La Bamba Big Bopper: Chantilly Lace

Hollywood n n n n John Wayne Jimmy Stewart James Dean Marlon Brando Humphrey Bogart Gene Kelly Cary Grant n n n Marilyn Monroe Grace Kelly Sophia Loren Elizabeth Taylor Audrey Hepburn Katherine Hepburn

Published Works n n n Catcher in the Rye 1951 The Natural 1952 Fahrenheit 451 1953 The Invisible Man 1953 The Lord of the Flies 1954 Catch 22 1961

Further Chronology n n n Brown v. Board of Education 1954 Montgomery bus boycott by blacks begin 1955 Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1957 Alaska and Hawaii attain statehood 1959 Castro leads Cuban revolution 1959

Prosperity n n n GI Bill Medical Breakthroughs Improvements in communications, transportations, & electronics.

Problems n n Inner City and Rural population’s limited access to modern health care. Consumerism was not a possibility for every American citizen.