Consensus, Conformity and Contradiction in the decade of Prosperity [1950-1959]

Despite unprecedented postwar prosperity, an affluent American society stood on the precipice of revolution as increased  dissent, discrimination, and inequality were coupled with the looming threat  of nuclear war.

Another Era of Good Feelings?  

Culture and Society [CUL]

Communication

Advertising and Mass Media 

Literary Developments of the 50s

Soundtrack of the Decade

Youth Sub-Culture

Migration and Settlement [MIG]

Transportation    

Mass  Migrations  

Suburbanization

Politics and Power [POL];  American and National Identity [NAT]

Constitutional Issues

Gender Equality

Racial Equality

LEQ Prompt: Analyze the extent to which the 1920s and 1950s were similar in TWO of the following areas.

Impact of technology

Intolerant attitudes

Literary developments 

LEQ Prompt: While the United States appeared to be dominated by consensus and conformity in the 1950s, some Americans reacted against the status quo. Analyze the critiques of United States society made by TWO of the following:

Youth,

civil rights activists

intellectuals.

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