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U.S. Postwar Years(1940's-50's)

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World War II was over and after nearly four years of sacrifice and uncertainty Americans happily Victory I'm look forward to the freedoms of a new era Chili's post-war years the can-do spirit of the war effort to support American Home did not come easily or quickly in Anderson all our people rather than a prison suit discontent with anger Guinness pair of parallel grooves and dynamic change the foundation of modern-day America was formed these were the Warriors when the military band played for Harry S Truman vice presidential inauguration change to show more enthusiasm Truman had been pushed into the position by the Democratic Party can you zoom The Truman would be another forgettable vice-president quietly fulfilling his duties in the shadow of the popular and charismatic President Franklin Delano stop  what history changed course  interrupt this program to bring you a special News Bulletin from CVS a press Association as Captain on President Roosevelt is dead president died of a cerebral hemorrhage Stone and concert Truman the news was both a shock and the Burton  English is feeding two days as vice president Theodore Roosevelt does prison his political metal would be severely tested  Truman has spent 10 years in the Senate and it made a name for himself by a Crystal Lee investigating corruption in the defense industry  he was willing first in domestic issues but knew very little about foreign policy the west side of the immediately thought him too stubborn and clean spoken to govern the United States serious to the challenges of the presidency is legendary honesty and determination him respect going to make hard decisions and take responsibility for them is mono the buck stops here that was never more true than in his order to use Atomic weapons against the Japanese  is decision brought an immediate end to World War II I seen that reply a full acceptance of the Potsdam declaration which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan Japan's surrender was Cheerleading history it didn't mean everyone some troops were ordered to stay What receives to rebuild shattered Nations and protect against communism  public reaction was so Swift and negative Truman reverse disorder and called for Rapid demobilization relief soldiers were sent home only to find a struggling 10 days after Japan surrender 1 million defense workers were laid off with no war the Pentagon to cancel billions of dollars in war contracts scores and eager gi's arrive home ready to work the jobs at factories and ship search who owns break off  one brake light for returning military men and women GI Bill how much education available to Millions so otherwise couldn't afford one of the assistants dramatically expanded the middle class and served as a catalyst for when does social change making good on his pledge to carry on the new deal policies a Franklin Roosevelt you must take agenda to Congress  she called for greater unemployment insurance minimum wage a larger social security system sing assistance for the first time in the nation's history of them for National Health Insurance  the Congress had removing first in social welfare they shut down the president's domestic initiatives almost completely and the economy continued to slide spring of 1946 inflation during that three million Americans were out of work those on the job demand increases to keep I'm happy with their situation workers hit the pick up lies in 1946 alone over 4.5 million Americans their demonstrations wants an ugly  in May of that year Union bones I have Louis call Danny Schultz for real women Ben's economy  the president was a friend of labor but in this instance he fell railroad unions have gone too far he took and made a bold people to Congress firearm strike against Obama returning to military duty was chilling Prospect before the president couldn't finish his speech he was handed a note where does Justin received that the rail strike has been settled on terms proposed by the president Truman's victory was little consolation to Americans forced to stand in long lines for the basic necessities inflation was out of control and goods were often scares in 1946 Republican turn the blame for the country's woes on the Democrats and especially President Truman Republicans won control of both the house has Americans voted overwhelmingly in favour of change the new Republican Congress was eager to roll back new deal policies Republic reviews Truman cold in oppressive law and refused to sign it LabCorp management for the country for republicans away much of the influence unions and one under the New Deal 1947 Truman became the first president since Abraham linc to make civil rights and national issue the president was disgusted by the treatment of African American veterans World War II as soldiers and any man willing to fight and die for their country now they were asking for fair treatment and Truman's won't they were entitled to it turn the man had an obligation to see that the civil rights of every citizen are fully and equally protected  1946 Truman what did the president's committee on civil rights to study the race issue  shortly afterward his panel issued its report confirming that segregation and discrimination at the poles had to be ended and a 1947 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial Truman became the first president ever to address National Association for the advancement of colored people the n-double-acp what states are the most backward community our national government must show the in 1948 after Congress refuse to sign a bill to end segregation in the armed forces President Truman took matters in he signed executive orders to desegregate both the federal Workforce and the military as quickly as possible where is the complete have a 1948 our credit National Convention Southern delegations were outraged by Truman stand on civil rights that rose up against him turn on the lights group of Southern Democrats support test for parties influence image satellites they nominated Governor Strom Thurmond of South Carolina as their presidential candidate the football supporters requires that I use every means within my power they got the laws of people need on matters of such importance and urgency Foremost milk expect the president to win reelection opinion polls predicted Republican Governor Thomas New York would win by a landslide this only seemed to energize Truman deboarded trains and covered 30,000 miles on his whistle-stop tour to get his and then  large crowds turned out and cheer the campaign slogan give them **** Harry has Americans cast their ballots on Election Day polls still predicted to do we victory the Chicago Tribune what is Early Edition proclaiming Dewey the winner but they were wrong later when all the votes were in a Victoria's Harry Truman proudly held up a me up a paper and his smile set it all he had pulled off the greatest upset in political history the 1949 State of the Union Address Truman spoke of the United States growing Prosperity with strong confidence and optimism. turn vicious domestic agenda for all Americans an intercept all our people rather than a privilege to recommend their fault Again by his Grand Vision and the president had to fight for even limited support of his fear do proposals Truman was however Define shifting role as the founding of the United Nations you can't in the Marshall Plan to rebuild Korean war was it a stalemate charges that his administration was soft on communism then in 1952 he made a surprise announcement Backcountry long and I think efficiently and honestly I do not feel another 4 years in the lighthouse  Truman's decision to leave politics key message too many buttons time to go managing the growing boom and American Business and the dramatic change in Rod Serling 04 president for president for President for Saturday in the 1951 presidential election Americans certainly did like Dwight D Eisenhower play the light figure I was a handsome celebrity who exuded Charisma and self-assured confidence his military victories and World War II earned him the riff Haitian of a strategic leader but was also a chair who can stay in tune with his troops and he proved the voters movie times pouring the people speak on Landslide victory for Mike in his running mate Richard Nixon easily defeated Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois after the celebrations fight wood things complex Nash open foreign issues but he was clear in his purpose than ready for the job in Washington I'm short wait at responsibility  immediately brought a new style to the Oval Office assault cooperation stead of Confrontation he wanted to reduce the size and influence virtually every member of his cabinet came from Big Business  do some work on sure if he knew enough to run the country Mike brought an eager curiosity to his job and was a tireless student he challenged himself and other is saying I always put everything I have got what I do  high schools in New Breed of conservative a modern Republican in his words he was in but it when it came to money at Woodrow when it came to human beings he was no fan of social welfare but he had no intention of dismantling the new deal either steps were taken to trim ineffective programs while continuing to provide assistance to those who needed it most  under Eisenhower the department of health education and Welfare was created  to leave the agency I computed or Vita Colt popping the circuit women ever set a reminder president's cabinet over a budget that was third in size only to the detention treasury Department's with a mandate from Eisenhower the age play added over 10 million Americans to Social Security for keeping his domestic agenda moving Eisenhower also juggled challenges on the world play negotiated a truce in the three-year-old Korean War but the war in the Cold War was far from over we have won not peace in the world when are United Nation allies must be vigilant against the possibility Avant Ward development Eisenhower believed that the spread of Soviet communism written everything Americans held dear 1953 the Soviet Union hydrogen bomb Americans engaged in extensive civil defense training to learn tracks  Americans have milk what's the president can you let the arms race with the Soviets could lead to cataclysmic events in speech Nations called the outside of nuclear energy Saints pledges before and there more before the work its determination to help solve the circle Atomic Dilemma to devote its entire heart and mind to turn the lights the miraculous inventiveness of man shall not be dedicated to his death but consecrated to his life the United Nations unanimously adopted Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace plan but it's cool We're In conflict with the strategies of the Cold War Eisenhower also had friends issues that moved America forward LifeWay idea from the 18 hundreds to help modernize the country the Saint Lawrence Seaway project in partnership with Canada it opened up the Great Lakes to Ocean going ships and Industrial Lift-Off Eisenhower's Administration raps closer to the Federal Eisenhower's Vision led to the Federal Highway Act of 1956  this effort change the turning Farmland to Suburbia Paving way for America's car culture 25 billion dollar plan to construct what is largest Public Works when he wrote the interstate highway system is a wonderful thing it makes it possible to go from coast to coast without seeing any for meeting anybody Eisenhower accomplished just Gold by being a semi politician things rather than confronting issues directly one reporter characterized it as The Hidden Hand presidency how far is I like to the highest office in the land in Italian imposer and Statesman again receive the holdup bike sealed into his second term in office  that same here Eisenhower presented congress with civil rights legislation to ensure voting rights for Americans political resistance water down his proposal But ultimately became the thesis of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 there was important because it was over to America had not passed civil rights legislation since the days of the construction segregation between this was practiced across the country by providing white only you put equal rights especially in the South or often the facilities for African Americans 1951 the front this was challenged the n-double-acp ask for a court order forbidding segregation in the public schools Topeka Kansas the case Brown versus the Board of Education Rose through the judicial system and was arguing before The Supreme Court beginning in 252 when she's just as boring read the decision it shocked the nation in the field of public education the doctrine of but equal has no place separate educational facilities are inherently unequal one year later the ordered public schools to integrate with all deliberate speed Eisenhower felt the decision went too far and later commented he week play the point in warm to the court  dial if you were the ruling might encourage southern states to privatize education but he did not speak up the Constitutional crisis with soon test his character and his commitment to defend the Court's decision  5 years after in September 1957 nine African-American students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas in defiance of the Supreme Court's desegregation order Arkansas Governor Orval faubus directed Arkansas National Guard troops to keep the students President Eisenhower made it clear he was support and carrying out of the decisions of the federal courts  when necessary with all the presidents Eisenhower ordered federal troops to disperse the angry mob and the score tonight African-American students into the school but Eisenhower's actions did not resolve the conflict students continue to suffer physical and emotional abuse the Little Rock School Board repeat attempts to block system-wide desegregation complete hit agration was not achieved until 1950. Balsam commended Eisenhower's accomplishments on civil rights others maintain that the enormously popular present at the height of his power could have done much my speaking out publicly in support of the cause in the final days of his presidency Eisenhower is to reflect on what he saw as an unfortunate and dangerous a ward of the interdependence America had developed on the defense industry unwarranted influence whether stolen by the military industrial complex the potential for the disastrous rise of Miss power exists and will person howrse warnings would go on Summit in the decades ahead has the u.s. war machine ready to sell what armed conflict it was cold the atomic age and the fabulous 50 Swept Away the great Buddhism Warriors this was an ERA when Americans had fun  this joyful Moon part from Boost Mobile, factories were churning out products to satisfy the growing consumer appetite in America and Europe citizen sent to step military supplies Floyd in reaction to the Cold War into the country's economy was the biggest in the world  was John security a good paycheck add new military responsibilities for many the time was right to settle down and get married Millions rush to the altar home builders anticipated the needs of newlyweds and young families they built new suburbs buyers need your families left urban areas  I'm on the moon famous Housing Development to keep down costs and maintain uniformity Let It Go his own forest production and Factory style homes it was exactly what many young families wanted I need affordable place to live $90 down and $58 a month could buy a two bedroom one bath house with modern amenities well within reach of the new middle 1950s the role of cheerful hole maker with strongly encourage even idealized in media images  more than any of the decade mother wasn't  between 1945 and 1964 roughly 76 million babies were born in the United States collectively known maybe it is the largest generation in the nation's history unlike earlier Generations this one came with a guy book Benjamin Spock's Common Sense book of baby and child care in it dr. Spock suggested parents relax and have fun with their kids is insulin make children the center of the 1950s house sold  in the suburbs families could live a seemingly idyllic life well-manicured lawn play Buford children fun leisure activities and good neighbors that fit right in with their own post office schools abortion need to return to the crowds and complexities of cities  not everyone was pleased with the growth urban sprawl  send in the cities as white took their economic Club many inner cities became blighted those outside of the financial boom wind in declining urban areas with throwing poverty and crime few in the new middle-class took notice of such things they were busy chasing the new One Direction song jumping balls make it easy and quick to get just the right item feel good advertisement completely new Hyundai to let them take it apart see what they did for you Americans build their homes with everything they couldn't want or need if you couldn't afford it you could charge it to your new credit card buy now and pay play shopping on credit took off in the 50s all people living changed in the post-war for the first time white Converse service workers this change was reflected in City sky Sleek but impersonal Towers concrete glass and steel building Corporation workers who are often referred to as company band executive employees loyalty and Conformity Business Leaders took their cheese from their military it was efficiency and productivity not individuality The Chronic the week status was in the cars they drove the newer the car the better  there's a new era in automobile Chevrolet West View everything a revolutionary new ride by The airfoil Champ Fender lines and Y double molding or all-new to Accent the length and Grace the beautiful Bel-Air Fisher body and don't you feel if curious and then room carrier  seems to have just everything you could ever ask for  this was the beginning of America's car culture Bruins public transportation shopping 4 Acres of parking out front seat entertainment hotels 10 Drive-In fast-food restaurants family car the most prized possession was the television sets in 1941 there were fewer than 10,000 televisions in the country 259 / 65 million TV television quickly replaced radio as the leading Mass medium entertainment who's from Family Fare through viewers band conservative program reflected the values of the era view question images of a nearly all-white idealized America which families gathered to watch feel good shows they knew exactly what to expect it that way the chairman of the Federal Communication Commission Newton Middle called television of vast Wasteland bought in 1954 viewers were riveted by the medium plans tune in to watch the army-mccarthy hearings explode with human drama as accusations of political favors and communism flu stance of decency sir rate of nuclear attack was always present but not now right now today right now how many believe that is religious Faith would feel the nation from the Menace of so-called Godless communism participation and religion search in 1957 Congress voted to add in God we trust to paper currency a year after the words under God added into the Pledge of Allegiance but citizens wanted physical protection they dug bomb shelters in the backyards they purchased reinforced blast-proof homes and fall will do radiation suits for their children new Housing Development near Denver Colorado it was the nation's first model homes with built in Fallout Shelter show me design with an atomic war in mine nuclear attack every day all the time to do the right thing atomic bomb explode  which family knows what to do that's what your own family should you duck and then summer overtime the civil defense program faded from public practice as it became clear that in the event of nuclear attack they was simply No Escape the deadly effects of radiation dim the prosperous people discovered they had more Leisure Time and routes up more ways to fill it  and for the which time large numbers of young people could stay in school instead of getting jobs to help support their families this group was newly identified as teenagers chances need them tickets for marketers and their Leisure Time gave them the freedom to explore a new craze become a major force in a mirror music and culture rock and roll  Airways being this new musical sensation into millions of American homes Elvis Presley at the scene Presley's gyrating hips were thoughts only showed his performances from wassup parents were worried about the effects of his music you can rule could not be stopped along with slicked-back hairstyles and poodle skirts and a growing sense of it going what is poets writers and other nonconformist labeled the Beat Generation overtime the groove wood of violin looking back on the post-war years we are reminded of magnificent Civic achievements and stunning technological advances reviews of timer ramp at Cedar New Vision at entrenched Prejudice and during icons speak to the strengths and straw 20th century

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