Chapter+27+-+The+Postwar+Boom

=Chapter 27 Learning Objectives=

Chapter Objective [[image:Fifties-Family.jpg width="327" height="295" align="right"]]

 * To understand the economic, social, and cultural changes that occurred in postwar America.


 * SECTION 27-1** "Postwar America"
 * 1) Identify economic and social problems Americans faced after World War II.
 * 2) Explain how the desire for stability led to political conservatism.
 * 3) Describe causes and effects of social unrest in the postwar period.
 * 4) Contrast domestic policy under presidents Truman and Eisenhower.


 * SECTION 27-2** "The American Dream in the Fifties"
 * 1) Explain how changes in business affected workers.
 * 2) Describe the suburban lifestyle of the 1950s.
 * 3) Identify causes and effects of the boom in the automobile industry.
 * 4) Explain the increase in consumerism in the 1950s.


 * SECTION 27-3** "Popular Culture"
 * 1) Explain how television programs in the 1950s reflected middle class values.
 * 2) Explain how the beat movement and rock 'n' roll music clashed with middle class values.
 * 3) Describe ways that African-American entertainers integrated the media in the 1950s.


 * SECTION 27-4** "The Other America" [[image:6a0120a7b5f86a970b0147e2b3a4cb970b-800wi.jpg width="217" height="326" align="right"]]
 * 1) Explain how the white migration to the suburbs created an urban crisis.
 * 2) Describe the efforts of minorities to gain equal rights and fight poverty.

=Chapter 27 Power Point Presentations=
 * [[file:Postwar America.ppt]]
 * [[file:27-3 Popular Culture of the 1950’s.ppt]]

= = =Chapter 27 Assignments=


 * = **Date** ||= **In-Class Assignments** ||= **Readings** ||= **Homework Assignments** ||
 * = **Tuesday**
 * 5.12.15** || * Read Section 27-1 and describe the **solutions** offered to deal with the following post-war problems:
 * Problem: Millions of veterans thrown out of work as they returned to civilian life
 * Problem: Severe housing shortage
 * Problem: Runaway inflation
 * Problem: Labor strikes that threaten to cripple the nation
 * Problem: Discrimination and racial violence || * Read Section 27-1 pp. 840-846 in class
 * Read Section 27-2 pp. 847-855 for homework || * No written assignment ||
 * = ** Wednesday **
 * 5.13.15 ** || * Read Section 27-2 and describe at least 2 ways how Americans were affected by each of the following trends:
 * Trend: Suburban Expansion: Flight from the cities
 * Trend: Population Growth: The Baby Boom
 * Trend: Dramatic increase of the use of the automobile
 * Trend: The rise of consumerism
 * Discuss popular culture of the 1950's || * Read Section 27-3 pp. 858-863 || * Prepare for Unit 7 Test ||
 * = **Thursday**
 * 5.14.15** || * Review for Unit 7 test || * No reading assignment || * Unit 7 test on Friday, 5.15.15 ||

=Chapter 27 Quiz Terms=
 * Effects of moving from a wartime to peacetime economy
 * Truman and strikers
 * Fair Deal
 * Dixiecrats / Election of 1948
 * Eisenhower / Election of 1952
 * GI Bill of Rights
 * White Flight
 * Effects of increased movement to suburbs
 * [[image:bu59cvt01.jpg width="384" height="255" align="right"]]Consumerism
 * Dr. Jonas Salk
 * Baby Boom
 * Effects of increased automobile ownership
 * Planned Obsolescence
 * Criticisms of 1950s television
 * Beat Generation (Beatniks)