The 1950’s. Rise of Modern America Credit Cards! Color TVs!! McDonalds!!! Jet Flight!!!! Need a...

The 1950’s

Rise of Modern America

• Credit Cards!• Color TVs!!• McDonalds!!!• Jet Flight!!!!

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Rise of Modern America 2

• National Highways• The Suburbs• Levittown

What up world?!?

• Democratic Capitalism vs. Totalitarian Communism

What up world ?!?

• Colonial Powers vs. Third World Nationalism

Korean Conflict

• Began in June,1950.• Armistice signed in 1953, however, official the

conflict is still unresolved.

Crisis in the Suez Canal• 1956• Gabal Abdel Nassar• He has big plans for Egypt and a Pan Arab

Movement!• The Aswan Dam.

Russia

• Khrushchev and De-Stalinization– Attempt to be less repressive

• Hungarian Revolt• Warsaw Pact– Response to NATO

Two words for the Cold War

• Containment

• Domino Theory

McCarthyism

Documents