See the Concept Outline handout for all of Period 8 (1945-1989)
Know all of these Key Terms and their Significance – these all should be in your outlines and highlighted
27.1
Department of Health, Education and, Welfare
(1953)
Modern Republicanism
Dynamic Conservatism
National Interstate and Defense Highway Act (1956)
Interstate Highway System
Army-McCarthy Hearings
Warren Court
Jencks v US
Yates vs US
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
Oliver Hill (in Virginia, NAACP)
Massive resistance & White Citizens’ Councils
Little Rock’s Central High School/Orval Faubus
Civil Rights Act of 1957
John Foster Dulles
Massive retaliation
Brinksmanship
Hungarian revolt
“Atoms for Peace”
“New Look” Defense
“more bang for the buck” – arms race
Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)
Nikita Khrushchev & the Kitchen debate
CIA Covert Actions (Iran, Guatemala)
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO)
Domino Theory
Early involvement in Vietnam
Iran
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suez Canal crisis
Eisenhower Doctrine
Fidel Castro
U-2 spy plane and Francis Gary Powers
“military-industrial complex”
The Affluent Society
ENIAC
Corporate conglomeration
Rachel Carson
AFL-CIO
Sunbelt
27.2
Conformity
Jonas Salk
Baby Boom
**Harrington
Rosa Parks
Silent Spring
Levittowns/Suburbs
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Montgomery bus boycott
Martin Luther King
Jackson Pollock
Baby and Child Care
Norman Vincent Peale/Billy Graham
1950s TV and the “vast wasteland”
Ralph Ellison Invisible Man
The Other America
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Bracero program/Operation Wetback
Termination program
Sputnik (1957)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
National Defense Education Act (1958)
1950s Rock ‘n’ roll
Beat poets
Allen Ginsberg “Howl”
Jack Kerouac On the Road
After reading the chapter, you should be able to answer the following questions with analysis and examples.
1.
In what ways did Eisenhower continue Truman’s domestic policies? In what ways did he change them? To what extent was he successful in achieving his goals?
2.
In what ways did Eisenhower continue Truman’s foreign policy? In what ways did he change them? To what extent was he successful in achieving his goals?
3.
What were the main struggles and achievements of the civil rights movement during the 1950s? How did white southerners react? What was the federal government’s position? (remember we have 3 branches)
4.
What were the main sources and results of the postwar economic boom in the 1950’s? What were the effects of new industries, the Baby Boom and growth of the suburbs on American life?
5.
Characterize American culture in the 1950s, considering the influence of TV, advertising, movies, music, fads, and writers during this period.
6.
How accurate is the image of the 1950’s as a period of conservatism and conformity?