U.S. History 31109 http:students.resa.netmilewski

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U.S. History 3/11/09 http//students.resa.net/mil
ewski

• OBJECTIVE First day of school administrative
  stuff.
• I. Welcome Back ?
• II. Attendance
• III. Distribution of
• -syllabus, points, and test dates
• -textbooks
• -desks, fans, floor, bags
• IV. Homework

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Estrada, Erik Your book

• Describe the condition of the textbook

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Important Stuff

• Web-site
• http//students.resa.net/milewski
• Homework Due Wednesday 3/18/09
• 1.) Book covered
• 2.) Syllabus signed and returned
• Homework Due Friday 3/20/09
• Chapter19 Assessment p.664
• -Terms Names (1-10)
• -Main Ideas (1-8) 
• Chapter19 Review (will be printed Tuesday)

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U.S. History 3/12/09http//students.resa.net/mile
wski

• OBJECTIVE Examine Post World War II America
  (19.1)
• I. Journal 1 pt. A
• -Examine The Skillbuilder p.636
• -Answer questions (1-2) p.636
• -Examine The Geography Skillbuilder p.638
• -Answer questions (1-2) p.638
• II. Journal 1 pt. B
• -notes on Americas adjustments after WWII
• III. Timeline Review
• IV. Homework Due Wednesday 3/18/09!
• 1.) Book covered
• 2.) Syllabus signed and returned

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Important Stuff

• Web-site
• http//students.resa.net/milewski
• Homework Due Wednesday 3/18/09
• 1.) Book covered
• 2.) Syllabus signed and returned
• Homework Due Friday 3/20/09
• Chapter19 Assessment p.664
• -Terms Names (1-10)
• -Main Ideas (1-8) 
• Chapter19 Review (will be printed Tuesday)

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I. Readjustment and Recovery

• To help 10 million returning soldiers, Congress
  passed GI Bill of Rights
• Offered subsidized college education
  low-interest loans for housing
• Lead to housing shortage untildeveloper William
  Levitt used assembly-line methods to mass produce
  homes SUBURBS
• Women went back to the home

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II. Economic Challenges

• New demand for consumer goods people saved 135
  billion during the war.
• People bought cars, houses, home goods
• Cold War also helped economy
• Defense spending was high
• Marshall Plan helped sell US goods overseas
• Workers wages did not go up strikes.
• Truman threatened to draft striking workers

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U.S. History 3/13/09http//students.resa.net/mile
wski

• OBJECTIVE Examine the American Dream in the
  Fifties (19.2)
• I. Journal 2 pt. A
• -Examine The Skillbuilder p.643
• -Answer questions (1-2) p.643
• II. Journal pt. B
• -notes on Americas adjustments after WWII
• III. Homework Due Wednesday 3/18/09
• 1.) Book covered
• 2.) Syllabus signed and returned

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III. Social Unrest

• After WWII racial violence erupted in south.
• Returning African American soldiers demanded
  equality.
• Truman called for Civil Rights legislation,
  Congress refused
• Truman issued executive order banning segregation
  in armed forces govt.

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Presidential Elections

• Election of 1948 Democrats lost support in the
  South b/c of civil rights
• Democrats won control of Congress Truman was
  reelected by small margin.

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IV. Presidential Elections cont.

• Election of 1952 Truman did not run for
  reelection
• Republicans nominated General Dwight Eisenhower,
  Democrats nominated Adlai Stevenson.
• Eisenhower won with a middle of the road
  mentality.

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V. Dwight Eisenhower

• Low-key president that wanted a return to
  normalcy.
• Did have to deal with civil rights.
• 1954 Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of
  Education that segregated schools were illegal.
  He disagreed, but upheld law.
• Ike won landslide victory in 1956.

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I. The Organization

• Shift from blue-collar jobs to white-collar jobs
  (sales, advertising, insurance, etc)
• Businesses expanded
• Formed conglomerates, major corporations that own
  smaller companies.
• Franchise company that offers similar products
  or services in many locations (fast food
  restaurants)

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II. The Organization Man

• American workers became standardized.
• Companies didnt want creative thinkers, loss of
  individuality
• Book The Organization Man study of suburban
  world, found
• Had to take personality tests
• Cooperation Loyalty most important
• CONFORMITY!

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III. The Suburban Lifestyle

• Increase in births led to Baby Boom (late 1940s
  Early 1960s)
• Largest generation in history
• Created need for schools CA, new school opened
  every 7 days!
• Toy sales boomed (1958 1.2 billion)
• Womens role was in home if they worked, they
  were a teacher, nurse or secretary

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IV. Leisure in the 50s

• People had more time money than before.
• Popular Sports fishing, bowling, hunting
  golf. Watched baseball, football basketball.
• People read a lot mysteries, romance, comics,
  magazines (Sports Illustrated Playboy
  introduced)
• Went to the movies (3-D)
• New inventions Peanut butter, Wonder Bread,
  Hula Hoop, WD-40, Stereo sound

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V. The Automobile Culture

• Easy credit cheap gasoline led to car ownership
  boom.
• Grew from 40 billion to 60 billion in 1950s
• Interstate Highway Act of 1956 built 41,000
  miles of expressways.
• Shopping malls were built, Disneyland opened
• Negative Widened gap b/t rich and poor, urban
  flight, increased pollution and noise.

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VI. Consumerism

• Buying new products, equated with success.
• People purchased washing machines, dryers,
  dishwashers, TVs, record players, lawn mowers,
  pools, etc.
• New ad technique planned obsolesce, which
  purposely made products outdated.
• Americans threw away to get new models
• Private debt grew!

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VII. The Advertising Age

• Ads were everywhere, especially TV
• 1st 1-min TV ad cost 9.00
• Ad execs turned to psychology, appealed to
  peoples desire for status to fit in. Buy
  things you do not need!