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Society in the 1950s-1960s

Society in the 1950s-1960s. 1940s Music. Not so great. Identify the changes in the music industry brought about by Tennessee's influence. Music in Tennessee. Country Music Nashville Home of C ountry Music Grand Ole Opry Weekly Country Music Variety Show in Nashville

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Society in the 1950s-1960s

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  1. Society in the 1950s-1960s

  2. 1940s Music Not so great.

  3. Identify the changes in the music industry brought about by Tennessee's influence

  4. Music in Tennessee • Country Music • Nashville • Home of Country Music • Grand Ole Opry • Weekly Country Music Variety Show in Nashville • Called the show that made Country Music Famous • WSM • Radio network the Grand Ole Opry is carried on

  5. Music in Tennessee • Rock and Roll • Sun Records • Famous Rock Recording Studio • Carl Perkins • Jerry Lee Lewis • Johnny Cash • Elvis Presley

  6. Music in Tennessee • Elvis Presley • Born in Tupelo, MS • King of Rock n’ Roll • Home in Memphis- Graceland

  7. Music in Tennessee • Stax Records • African American music • Memphis • Biggest star- Otis Redding

  8. Evaluate socio-economic impact of the post World War II Baby Boomer generation

  9. Baby Boomers • Generation that consisted of Children of WWII veterans

  10. Media and Entertainment • Television • Became a national sensation of the 1950s • Sitcoms that portray only stable families

  11. 1955

  12. Education • Education • National Defense Education Act • Produce more scientists and science teachers • Baby Boomers • First generation to focus on education

  13. Housing • Suburbia • Families moving to the outskirts of cities • Because • Affordable housing • Lower crime rates

  14. Counter-Culture • Counterculture • Reaction against conservative social norms of the 1950’s • Hippies • Movement based on free love and peace • Bikers

  15. American Society • Generation gap • Lack of understanding and communication between the older and younger generations • This will cause the Counter-Culture movement of the 1960s

  16. Cold War’s Affect on America

  17. Recognize domestic impact of the Cold War on American society

  18. Communism • Red Scare • Americans feared Communism’s spread in America • A Communist take over • McCarthyism • Senator Joe McCarthy’s witch hunt for communists in America • said he had a list consisting of • Hollywood Stars • Government Officials

  19. Medical Advancements • Polio vaccine • Polio was an airborne illness that led to paralysis • plagued the US for 50 years • Vaccine • Jonas Salk Invented the Polio vaccine • Ended Polio in America • 1st open heart surgery • Cortisone

  20. Infrastructure • Interstate System • Built by President Eisenhower • Built to allow military supplies to be shipped from coast to coast quickly • Vital part of our economy • transport of goods

  21. Space Race • Space Race • Called Space Race b/c it was a competition b/t us and the Soviets • Soviet Union launches Sputnik • We respond by announcing we will go to the moon 1st

  22. Apollo 11 • July 20, 1969 • We land on the moon

  23. Cuban Missile Crisis

  24. Recognize the altered American approach to foreign policy

  25. Our Foreign Policy towards Communist • Brinkmanship • practice of pushing a dangerous situation on the verge of disaster in order to achieve the best outcome for the US

  26. Bay of Pigs • We did not want Cuba to be Communist • To close to US • We carried out a mission to overthrow Cuba’s leader (Castro) • Failed miserably

  27. Results of the Bay of Pigs • Castro not happy • Castro Aligns himself with our enemy the Soviets b/c of the Bay of Pigs • Soviets installed Nuke missiles in Cuba

  28. Cuban Missile Crisis-1962 • The US felt threatened • A blockade of Cuba begins • The US began a stand off against the Soviets • Any attack would result in a full scale Nuclear war • Lasted 13 days • US agreed: not to interfere with Cuba. • USSR agreed: to withdraw nuclear weapons • After Missile Crisis US and Soviets returned to a state of Peaceful Coexistence

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