HIST 2620 1nd Edition Lecture 27 Outline of Last Lecture I. Cold War Outline of Current Lecture II. Election of 1952III. 1950sIV. Consumer Revolution V. Conformity SocietyCurrent LectureElection of 1952 -both parties court Eisenhower because he was a war hero-he decides to become a republican-both parties used media-radio and television for their campaign-Stevenson couldn’t attack Eisenhower in his campaign because the thought of attacking a war hero wasn’t going to go in his favor -Eisenhower couldn’t attack Stevenson for the job that Truman’s administration did because he wasn’t a part of it-their campaign was mostly about family values- looking for stability-main goals were to balance budget and the Korean War1950s-rising income and affluence -older Americans weary of war and depression-the younger age were apolitical-the decade symbols: “American Dream” were about having a traditional home life; muzak was elevator music, people wanted to hear soft calming music, they were tired of loud and high energy music; Marilyn Monroe was a sex symbol, she wasn’t scared to be herself; politics of tranquility was middle class success-U.S puts money in military: in the 50s 40,000 people were working for defense contractors, in the 60s 50%+ all government expenditures went to the military, in the 70s DOD had more assets than 75 of the largest corporationsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Consumer Revolution -tv’s were invented in the 20s but weren’t popular until the 50s-1946: 17,000 bought tvs-1949: 250,000 tvs purchased every month-1952: 66% of households had at least one tvConformity Society-1960 most Americans moved to the suburbs-many lost focus on religion-in order to fix that we put religious phrases on money, “under God” was added to the pledge of allegiance to influence the citizens to focus on religion
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