1950's and 60's Culture

Korea & Vietnam

WWI & WWII

Civil War & Spanish American War

Persian Gulf & War on Terror

Open Door Policy

Dollar Diplomacy

Big Stick Policy

Containment

Marshall Plan

Domino Theory

Warsaw Pact

Big Stick Policy

Prohibition, Flappers, Jazz

Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Pearl Harbor

Arms Race, Space Race, Red Scare

Poverty, Unemployment, Dust Bowl

An increase in immigration from Latin America & Africa

A decrease in world trade

1950S economic prosperity

A reduction (decrease) in peacetime spending

1960-1964

1940-1950

1946-1964

1950-1959

Middle class white families moved to suburbs

There was an increase in taxes

They weren't being rebuilt from damage incurred during war

There was a decrease in segregated public housing

The American population increased greatly

The US ran low on food supplies causing emergency ration programs to appear

It increased deforestation and damage to the environment

It allowed Communists to better infiltrate American society

Spread of fast food chains and drive-in movies

Increased the dependence on public transportation

A decline in the number of shopping malls

Revitalized older city neighborhoods

Job training

Loans for homes

Education

New cars