Z13-1950s


 * 1950s PRESENTATIONS **
 * All information, evidence, and materials from the presentation must be uploaded to this wiki.
 * Effectively present in-depth information that meets YOUR learning target(s).
 * Explain YOUR cultural topic(s) and how/why they are significant to the decade
 * Presentation must be **creative and unique**, allowing the audience to **experience** the decade (do not rely solely on a PowerPoint presentation)
 * Information (pertaining to YOUR learning targets) is presented in a creative, unique, well-organized and easy to understand format.
 * Presentation includes pictures, tables, interviews, and artifacts that are thoroughly explained and help the viewer understand YOUR learning target(s) and cultural topic(s).

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1. SAVE the file to your computer (to your desktop or another folder) 2. Click on the button in the center of the editing tool bar. 3. Click on "Upload Files" button 4. Locate your file on your computer and click "Choose" 5. Click on the image that you have just uploaded and it will immediately be placed in your document.

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 * 1950s ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS: **
 * All questions on the Assessment Question sheet are included and answered correctly and thoroughly on this wiki page.
 * Thoroughly explains the answers to the questions related to his/her learning targets.
 * Answers are supplemented by examples, images, charts and/or graphs.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">1. What actions did the U.S. government take to limit communism at home? ANSWER: Anti-communist rallies were held in public that were supported by public officials. Lines like "better dead than red." Became famous as the United States united against communism. More radical methods were also used uch as the McCarthy trials, which began with the McCarren International Security Act. This act ordered anyone accociated or previously accociated with a communist group was immediently deported. Trials were also held against people who had the slightest hint of being accociated with communism at all

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">2. How did Americans respond to real and perceived threats of domestic communism in the 1950s? ANSWER: People held rallies in public, and wrote books like the crucible to explain their preception of the situation. These two actions showed completely different view points of the situation. People that held rallies felt that communism spreading into the United States was a legitimate threat that needs to be attended to. These people were afraid of communism and the threat of the evils of the Soviet Union. People that were like the author of the Crucible believed that the fight against communism was a pointless wild goose chase that is a waste of effort. The public was split on the issue between these two views.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">3. Accusations that communism was widely present in the U.S. government and military were made by <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. Douglas MacArthur <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. Joseph McCarthy. He began the craze of neighbors accusing their neighbors of being communist out of fear. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. John Foster Dulle <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. Alger Hiss

The book the Crucible, about the Salem Witch trials ibased on McCarthyist Prinicples.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">4. What were the major goals of President Truman's Fair Deal? ANSWER: President Truman wanted to increase government involvement in society. He wanted to get the country to full employment, have a higher minimum wage, create national health insurance, create affordable housing, expand welfare benefits, and offer more subsidies to farmers. Even though Social Security expanded greatly, and the minimum wage was pushed from 40 to 70 cents, the goals were only begrudgingly accomplished. The society was not in the mood, post-war, for increased government intervention. The american citizen wanted a more stable, conservative, peace-loving country. He did create some affordable housing, increase aid to farmers, and established equal employment rights for all Americans.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Were these goals accomplished?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Why or why not?

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">5. What steps did President Eisenhower take to manage the nation's problems? ANSWER: Eisenhower planned to balanced the federal budget, and reduced goverment involvement in the economy. He also increased spending and createde new social programs. He is what we call a modern Republican. he showed signs of Democratic and Republican Ideals. In wanting to eliminate jobs and spending, he is clearly a conservative. But when he increased minimum wage again, along with Social Security benefits, one coud argue that those are very socialist ideals. He was conservatuve when it came to money, but liberal with human rights.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">6. Where and how did Eisenhower practice containment? ANSWER: Eisenhower backed ,any governments that showed signs of being threatened by potential communist rebels. In Vietnam, He supplied the government with funding and weapons to fight off the revolutionaries. In Latin America, the US sent in the CIA to de-nationalize land that the government attempted to take from AMericans. In the Middle East, Eisenhower practiced a similar policy to prevent another Red Scare.



<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">7. What was suburban life like during the 1950s? ANSWER: More younger people got married and raised kids in the suburbs. they lived in uniformity. Housing costs were low and it was easy to fit in. Families bonded over typical nightly TV time.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">8. Which of these //did not// contribute to suburban growth in the 1950s? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. housing costs were low <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. the population increased <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. the Highway Act made it easy for people to commute to jobs <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. apartments in the city were overcrowded



<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">9. Compared to previous decades, the group that benefited **most** from the economy and culture of the 1950s was <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. African-American women. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. African-American men. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. white women. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. white men. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Although women did gain a lot more respect in the bussiness world, men's success definitely overshadowed. They had more profitable companies because of the rise of consumerism.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">10. The strength of the 1950s economy was due to <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. the growth of business and economic opportunities <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. the rapid growth of women in the work force <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. the increase of blue-collar jobs <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. the individuality of American workers and the dedication to their jobs

There were more women in the workforce, but not so much to make an impact. There were more white collar than blue collar jobs available. Americans were not, on avergae, more dedicated. The consumerist culture created growth in businesses. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">11. How did the trends in popular culture reflect the larger social changes among teenagers in the 1950s? ANSWER: The culture was based around building bomb shelters and the Red Scare. Teeeagers were constantly emerged into nervousness of a war.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">12. How did technology contributed to suburbanization? ANSWER: Synthetic Fabrics allowed mass produced clothing to be cheap. Houses were cheaper to build with less time needed to build each. Highway expansion made the towns accessible.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">13. Criticism of television in the 1950s was based on <span style="color: #ff0015; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. its portrayal of an idealized white society <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. an abundance of TV violence <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. the size of the screen <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. its black-and-white images

Most of the popular TV shows and commerical showcased a typical middle class white family. The only show depicting an African American family was taken off the air after a very short run.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">14. In the 1950s, both the beat movement and rock 'n' roll were viewed as forms of <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. harmless entertainment. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. rebellion against mainstream values <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. African-American culture <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. mainstream American values

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">15. Which of the following fashions would NOT have been popular in the 1950's? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. short bob hair cut for girls <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. the duck tail, often with greased hair for boys <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. jeans and rolled t-shirt (often w/ cigarettes in the sleeve) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. bell bottoms and peasant tops



The trends in the 1950s were either very feminine in regards to silohoutte or they had arebelious feel. Bell bottoms and peasant tops were introduced in the 1950s**.**


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">16. Who put the first satellite (Sputnik) into space? **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. US **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. Germany **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. Great Britain **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. Soviet Union **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">17. Which of the following economic changes led to the conformity and “cookie cutter” society of 1950s? **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. spread of franchises **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. development of cheap manufactured housing for the suburbs **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. television advertising encouraging you to "keep up with the Jones'" enhanced by planned obsolescence leading consumers to purchase the latest model **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. demand for “loyal personnel” and “company people” in white collar/service jobs **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">E. all of the above **


 * Prices were low, leading to increase of demand for consumer goods. Franchises easily spread and advertisements did target feelings of inferiority. **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">18. Which of the following is NOT true about the 1950s? **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. With the growth of suburbia, inner cities began to decay. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. Even after the Brown v. Board verdict, states were not fully cooperate did not completely integrate their schools. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. 1950's society is often labeled a throw away society because of its materialism. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. Families were larger in the 1950's as birth control was not available and women were encouraged to stay in traditional roles. **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">E. Native Americans saw a great expansion of rights and economic opportunities during the 1950's. **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">19. During the 1950s the number of working mothers **
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">A. increased **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">B. decreased **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">C. stayed the same **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">D. was cut in half **




 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">20. Why did consumption expand so dramatically in the 1950s? **
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">What aspects of American life and chulture did it influence? **
 * ANSWER: Television changed life by adding a "norm" for people to follow in mass numbers. Cars allowed people to expand out from cities and settle suburbs. More women joined the workforce. The economy grew, and per capita GDP raised by 25%. **