Historical Background Historical Background for for

The OutsidersThe Outsiders

Late 1950’s-Early 1960’s

1920 - 19401920 - 1940

WWI (1920’s)Economic

prosperity ◦ Increased

business and manufacturing

Trade increased

Depression (1929)Caused by the

Stock Market Crash

President Franklin D. Roosevelt◦ Elected 1932

Drought

WWII (1939-1945)WWII (1939-1945)US only involved from 1941-1945

Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii made US involved

Economic Growth◦Women in the workforce

Cold War BTW Cold War BTW U.S. and Soviet UnionU.S. and Soviet Union

Capitalism: Free market

Communism: Government controls the market

Conform: to fit in, don’t want to be different◦Red Scare◦Lack of Free Speech

1950 US send troops to South Korea

President Eisenhower (1953-President Eisenhower (1953-1961)1961)

Economic Prosperity

Large Middle Class

Sent “Advisors” to Vietnam

Hippies

1950’s and 1960’s: opposites