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Objective 7.5- The Eisenhower Era

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George show videos July 1952 the country was tired of war and skeptical because of McCarthyism President Truman decided not to run for reelection someone is place the Democrats put up a week cat and Adlai Stevenson it seem like anybody can beat this guy and Americans wanted change after 20 years of Democratic party rule all the way back play the election of Franklin Roosevelt 1932 this leads to the election of Dwight D Eisenhower in November 1952 war hero Dwight D Eisenhower is elected to the presidency as he was known one by promising the end the war in Korea and by representing a change to a post-war common America Eisenhower Legacy as president was one of dynamic conservatism I believe the government should be fiscally responsible but liberal when it came to people's rights he lowered taxes increase the minimum wage and entitlements and he made three new cabinet office's officially expanding the power of the presidency is also responsible for the prosperity of the 1950 s what does a grandfatherly figure like followed a middle-of-the-road Administration style using patriotism and ability to avoid controversy and optimism I became a very popular of the United States that connected the entire country Americans use to travel to work from their Suburban home they also use it to travel patient further than before because of the highway system the national parks became incredibly popular as they are today as ryver stick to the roads towns of businesses popped up along the highways put an older roads died off thick Radiator Springs from the movie Cars as the popularity of the interstate system grew more and more cars are on the road just led to traffic jams creating stress and even death Adam abeel in addition to this but this number of cars on the road pollution began to rise a little known fact about the highway system it was also created to transfer military vehicles across the country of War next time you go under an overpass check out the yellow sign every overpass mess behind up to allow nuclear missile traveling on a flatbed truck to pass underneath the 1950s New Era a business that will change the American economy forever the 1950s American Workforce transition from Blue Collar jobs to White Collar jobs these jobs for hire they were managerial professions based on services and not Goods instead of making Goods workers sold Goods workers were suits to office jobs while the same time began to have careers careers or any profession where do you have the ability to move up the corporate ladder and be promoted to higher positions with higher pay at the same time to new types of businesses laptop everywhere around America used to types of businesses dominate the American economy today the 1st is a conglomerate unrelated Industries a great example of this today is Disney Disney started out as a film company and then went into amusement parks but today Disney owns ESPN see Star Wars and Marvel the second type of business is a franchise rose up in the 1950s is McDonald's McDonald's started as a hamburger cheese Burgers Hamburgers fries and soft drinks then McDonald's scaled and had many different locations around the country any one of those locations you can get the exact same food at the exact same price this was the first in the American economy the 1950s also brought about an era of Conformity while American men making careers they were losing their individuality becoming an organization man was the weight Advanced so worker standardized to fit in men were the same suits the same tie and a white search the office that's not stand out workers follow the crowd and did as they were told during this time we was dangerous to be creative companies gave personality test potential hires to ensure they fit in working Rock the Boat would be bad for business so teamwork and loyalty you worded most of all their of Conformity brought on the adage you can wear any shirt to the office as long as it's white what's in the business World allowed American supervised for their families men with steady jobs in high pay could give their families the good things most Americans worked in the office jobs in the cities but they lived in the suburbs America the world's economic giant the fifties or a time of prosperity so now let's take a look at the American Family during the 1950's the American dream was on the mind of every family people got married they wanted lots of kid and a dog came home witnessing the horrors of War all they wanted to do was settle down and create a family sad about the baby boom from 1945 to 1965 the US birthrate sword on average one baby was born every 7 to 10 seconds this equates to four point sing million per year as much as women Vance during World War II working in the factories the 50s was a decade of setback for women once the Men return home to take their job women are expected to return to the kitchen women were expected to stay home clean cook and be obedient and these roles were Gore fight in the media women who worked in make much and harassed by their male superiors Lance is a possibilities change lifestyles in the family dynamic in the 1950s was moving to the Sunbelt Hospital in the northern region of the country to warm Southern climates in the Sunbelt the Sunbelt was the southern region of the country one from California all the way to Florida Arrow Highway C was possible for Americans to live where they wanted and most of the time they wanted to live in warm-weather climates with air conditioning available in new homes family is one to live in comfortable environments in medicine and child care in the 1950s childhood mortality rates plummeted in the creation of typhoid and polio vaccine for polio although scary for parents to see help prolong the life of victims of polio at the same time dr. Salk vaccine for polio virtually eliminated the contraction of the he's among children think about it today how many people do you know that have polio part of the reason for this is because you are vaccinated from the disease and it's all thanks to dr. Jonas Salk stop doctor's office so proud of his accomplishment sided to never patent the formula so that there was never any money to be made on the vaccine but instead it could be shared for the betterment of mankind a doctor dr. Benjamin Spock wrote a book on Child Care encouraging mothers to stay home and nurture their kids with vast wealth and new Goods available Americans Buy. never before in the 1950s sausage in American consumerism having the newest and best things became a competition between neighbors and Suburban life and the expression keeping up with the this was born with convenient new parts available Americans bought electric household appliances like washing machines dishwashers freezers and television sets American companies also produced around the idea of planned obsolescence companies purposely made products that would become obsolete quickly in order to keep consumers buying the next Edition today's economy when Apple would purposely make one of their products outdated and you would have the desire to buy the new one just to have the latest and greatest thing the 50s also saw a boom and advertise huge new industry developed around advertisement appealing to people's desires for status as the sum or product as ran on television in magazines and on billboards and do we projected the image that having a certain product would make you better and more successful replay  is a good what time for Coke Coca Cola Coca Cola

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