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Music of the 1950s
Elvis Presley
- 77 million sales in his lifetime. - "heart throb" of the 50's. - new kind of dancing.
Bill Haley - One of the first Rock n' Roll Musicians
Nat King Cole - Jazz. Known for his soft baritone voice. - Mostly popular in the early 50's.
Jerry Lee Lewis
- Early pioneer of Rock n' Roll - Main hits in the late 50's.
Frank Sinatra - Known as a crooner. - Entering the mid 50's, he added more swing into his music.
Suburban life-Campaign to create "ideal" American family.
-70% of all women were married by 24. Causing a baby boom with the generation
-Glamorization in media. Saw and expected to own a home, car and raise a family in your 20's.
-Television was a large part of home life.
-Increase in secretary jobs, allowing women to get out of the house.
-Mid 50's teens started rebelling and going outside the ideal family vision.
Pop Culture and its
influences• As nuclear weapons became closer to
being used, kids and teenagers became more nervous.
• Rock n roll was the music trend of the 50's.• Culture in the 50's was formed around
building bomb shelters, and the Red Scare.
- Babies born in the 50's were called baby boomers because the amount of people moving to the suburbs and creating families increased.
Pucci and Givenchy Emerged.
Coco Chanel re-opened her house.
Dupont began mass producing polyester.
Christian Dior passes away
Towards the end of the decade, Givenchy and Yves Saint Laurent began to introduce the more shapeless 60's look.
Suzy Parker
Suzy Parker was the girl that every girl wanted to be and every boy wanted to date. She was a beautiful redheaded model with a zestful personality. She appeared on over 60 magazine covers. She looked good in everything from a red sequin dress to a classic trench coat, a piece that she turned into a staple in every woman's closet. She caused some controversy after appearing in an ad in nothing other than nylons. She was married 3 times. She became sick and went through countless dialysis treatments. She died on May 3, 2003 but left behind her a great legacy.
Theater, Film, and Television
• Consumerism: The beginning of the wonderful world of advertising.
• 50% of homes had a TV set, causing theatre attendance to decline drastically
• Industry began converting into sound studios.
• Many teenagers attended drive-ins for a cheap date.
• James Dean: First American Rebel
• Lucille Ball: Epitome of an American Housewife
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The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller in 1953. It was his commentary on the current state of government in the form of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. The Crucible won the Tony in 1953 for Best Play.
The Crucible
Anti-Communism rallies were held
These public rallies are iconically seen in films
Limiting Communism
Coined as a witchhunt
McCarran International Security Act began the paranoia
Required all individuals associated with or previously associated with communist groups to be deported
McCarthyism
Trials that deemed people as guilty deported individuals that were found guilty as communist
Trials had very little against accused to deem them as communist
Trials ended when individuals in the military were accused as being communist
McCarthy Trials
Goals
Full Employment
Higher Minimum Wage
Subsidies for Farmers
National Health Care
Affordable Housing
Stop Racial Discrimination
Did it work????
American people and politicians were more interested in stability, not more government intervention.
A Fair Deal
Eisenhower
Created the interstate system
Aimed to Balance the Nation's Budget
Expanded the Social Security into a cabinet level agency
Increased spending on Education
Integrated the Troops
Held over 200 press conferences
Progressive Republican Party
"Willing to fight for the right"t
Containment: an act or policy of restricting the territorial growth or ideological influence of another, especially a hostile nation
Cut back government spending on programs severely so more money could be spent on militaristic needs.
Vietnam: Rebels began to form a coup to overthrow the Southern Vietnamese government. Eisenhower supported the current government and armed them to fight off the communists.
In Latin America and the Middle East, Eisenhower used government agencies to prevent budding nationalist and communist groups from gaining power.
Policy of Containment
Korean Conflict- Very public containment conflict
Marshall plan- Stimulated the economies of Western European economies
1959- Cuban Independence
(Castro)
Historic Events and People
Immigration and Naturalization Act- Limited Immigration of immigrants into the United States. Allowed special kinds of immigrants.
Highway System- First interstate highway system begins to be constructed
Historic Events and People
Moa ZeDong- China becomes Communist 1949
Great Leap Forward- Chinese attempt to quickly modernize
Stalin dies in 1953- Khrushchev denounces him
-credit card(1950) -hydrogen bomb(1952)
-first robot(1954) -video recorded(1956)
-first organ transplant(1950) -seat belts(1952)
-microchip(1958) -transistor radio(1953)
-video tape(1956) -color t.v(1951)
-Sputnik1 launched by the soviet union. First
satellite to orbit Earth.
-Polio Vaccine was dicovered by Jonas Sulk in
1952. Epidemic of 52: 60,000 registered cases
and 3,000 deaths just in the U.S.
Inventions and Discoveries