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6.01 The Fifties and Sixties
The Big Ideas
Briefly describe the postwar economic boom.
What were the causes and effects of the “Baby Boom” of the 1950s?
How did television change the U.S.? (Hint: Be sure to include the social, economic and political
changes.)
How did life change for African Americans in the 1950s?
How were women affected by the postwar boom? How did the Beats influence the Baby Boomers?

People
Teenagers (What was life like for them in the
1950s)
- Weekly income of $10.55
- Listened to rock n roll
- Crossed “color line”
Beats (How would you describe them?)
- Odd ones out
- Rebels
Events (Describe the event, its causes and effects)
Rock n Roll becomes popular
- Roots in R&B caused teens to start listening
and buying records
Friedan writes The Feminine Mystique
Vocabulary
● Baby Boom – period characterized by a high birth rate, specifically in the United States from
1946–1964
● Baby boomers – those born during the baby boom that occurred from 1946 through 1964
● Beats – a group of writers and their followers who expressed ideas and attitudes counter to the
prevailing culture of the United States in the 1950s
● Complacency – a state of being satisfied with one's self or with what one has
● Conformity – fitting one's attitudes and behavior to the standards of others
● GI Bill of Rights – a federal law passed during World War II to help returning veterans secure
education and access to home purchases at government expense
● Interstate Highway System – a system of high-speed, limited access roads funded by the U.S.
government in the 1950s
● Juvenile delinquents – lawbreakers under the age of 16; a phrase popular in the 1950s to
describe teens who broke the law or who imitated the style of lawbreakers
● Materialism – a value system that emphasizes material possessions and economic self-interest
● Religious Revival –