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Unit 2 Organizer
MON
TUE
WED
9/24- Unit 1 Test
9/29- 27.2
9/30- 27.2
H.W. 27.3
10/1- 27.3
10/6- Review Day
10/7- Test Unit 2
H.W. read 28.1
THUR
9/25- 27.1
H.W. Read 27.1
10/2- 27.3
H.W. Read 27.4
AMDG
FRI
9/26- 27.1
WEEKEND
H.W. Read 27.2
10/3- 27.4
H.W.- 50s popculture
Activity
27.1-The Postwar Boom
Directions: Use the Venn diagram to compare and contrast the styles of presidential administrations that President
Truman and President Eisenhower operated in post war United States.
Describe two obstacles facing U.S. GI’s returning home.
How did President Truman deal with labor strikes after WWII? What would have been the effect on the economy if
the unions were allowed to go on strike?
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Unit 2 Organizer
AMDG
What was the purpose of the Committee on Civil Rights? What role did they play to help Truman support civil rights?
Explain “dynamic conservatism.” How does “dynamic conservatism” play a role in Eisenhower’s administration?
27.2- The American Dream in the ‘50s
Cause and Effect Chart:
Causes
Baby Boom
Business Expansion
Automania
Consumerism
Effects
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Unit 2 Organizer
AMDG
What are “company people” and how does this term fit into the corporate culture of the 1950’s?
Analyze how people of the 1950’s used their leisure time. What causes people to have leisure time? What are positives
and negatives of leisure time?
Quotations: Match the quote with the correct meaning.
Quotes
1.) “Sam bulled through the crowd and hailed a taxi. The
cab motored north through the warm autumn day as he
groped for feelings appropriate to being back home alive
from a terrible war…..he was nearly panting under the
weight of fear. Back home alive…..married to a girl I
haven’t seen since 1943….father of a child I’ve never
seen at all.”
2.) “You know what it was? It was a little cocker spaniel dog
in a crate that he sent all the way from Texas. Black and
white spotted. And our little girl Tricia, the six year old
named it checkers. And you know the kids love that dog
and I just want to say this right now, that regardless of
what they say about it, we’re going to keep it.”
Meaning
Quote from the McDonald’s founder. ______
Quote from a returning World War II GI. ______
3.) “For the first time in their history, women are becoming
aware of an identity crisis in their own lives, a crisis
which… has grown worse with each succeeding
generation….I think this is the crisis of women growing
up a turning point from an immaturity that has been
called femininity to full human identity.”
4.) “It requires a certain kind of mind to see the beauty in a
hamburger bun. Yet is it any more unusual to find grace
in the texture and softly curved silhouette of a bun than
to reflect lovingly on the ….arrangements and textures
and colors in a butterfly’s wings?....Not if you view the
bun as an essential material in the art of serving a great
many meals fast.”
Vice President Nixon’s speech on illegal campaign
contributions. ______
A quote from The Feminine Mystique. _____
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Unit 2 Organizer
27.3 Popular Culture
How did mass media change American culture?
What were the cultural effects of television during the 1950s?
How did traditional media react to the advent of television during the 1950s?
Describe the cultural effects each of these pop culture subcultures…
Movement
Effects
Beatniks
Rock ’n’ Roll
African American
Culture
AMDG
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Unit 2 Organizer
AMDG
27.4-The Other America
What were the effects of “white flight?”
What was the governmental response to the problem of urban decay?
Describe the political and social situation of Mexican Americans during this time period and what steps were
taken by Mexican Americans to alleviate these issues?
What was the Termination policy and what effect did it have on the Native American community?
Chapter 27- ID Terms
27.1
G.I. Bill of Rights
Suburbs
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fair Deal
27.2
Conglomerate
Franchise
Baby boom
Dr. Jonas Salk
Consumerism
Planned obsolescence
27.3
Mass Media
FCC
Beat movement/ beatnik
Rock ‘n’ Roll
27.4
Urban renewal
Bracero
Termination policy