Society in the 1950s-1960s. 1940s Music Not so great.

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 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

Music in Tennessee

• Rock and Roll

–Sun Records• Famous Rock Recording Studio –Carl Perkins–Jerry Lee Lewis–Johnny Cash–Elvis Presley

Music in Tennessee

• Elvis Presley –Born in Tupelo, MS–King of Rock n’ Roll–Home in Memphis- Graceland

Music in Tennessee

• Stax Records –African American music–Memphis –Biggest star- Otis Redding

Evaluate socio-economic impact of the post World

War II Baby Boomer generation

• Baby Boomers–Generation that consisted of

Children of WWII veterans

Media and Entertainment

• Television –Became a national sensation of

the 1950s –Sitcoms that portray only stable

families

1955

Education

• Education–National Defense Education Act•Produce more scientists and science

teachers–Baby Boomers• First generation to focus on

education

Housing

• Suburbia–Families moving to the

outskirts of cities–Because •Affordable housing•Lower crime rates

Counter-Culture

• Counterculture–Reaction against conservative social

norms of the 1950’s•Hippies–Movement based on free love and

peace•Bikers

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

Cold War’s Affect on America

Recognize domestic impact of the Cold War on American society

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

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

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

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

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

Cuban Missile Crisis

Recognize the altered American approach to

foreign policy

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

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

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

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