Monday - We took notes on the Korean War.
Korean War (The Forgotten War)
- Origins
- Korea was invaded and ruled by Japan from 1910-1945
- After WW2, Korea was split into two North (USSR) and South (US) at the 38th parallel
- An election was going to be held to eventually unify Korea
- United Nations Police Action
- United Nations Security Council voted to send troops to help South Korea
- US, Great Britain, France, China and the Soviet Union were permanent members that could veto the "police action"
Tuesday - Mr. Bruns was gone so we had a workday.
Wednesday - We did the decades presentations today.
1950's
- Music
- Songs
- Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry 1958
- Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis 1957
- Artist
- Elvis Presley
- Buddy Holly
- Songs
- Movies
- Seven Samurai 1957
- High Noon 1952
- Directors
- Alfred Hitchcock
- William Wyler
- TV Shows
- Gunsmoke 1955 - 1975
- Leave It to Beaver 1957-1963
- VideogameSports
- Bertie the Brain
- checkers game
- Nimrod
- Tennis For Two
- on radar screen
- Bertie the Brain
- Summer Olympics 1952
- Helsinki, Finland
- Held most Olympic records until 2008
- Winter Olympics 1952
- Oslo, Norway
- 694 athletes competed from 30 different countries
- Summer Olympics 1956
- Melbourne, Australia
- 2,938 men and 376 women competed
- 151 even covering 17 sports
- Winter Olympics 1956
- Cortinad' Ampezzzo, Italy
- Football
- Cleveland Brown dominated
- Detroit Lions dominated
- Baseball
- New York Yankees - 1950, 51, 52, 53, 56, 58
- New York Giants - 1954
- Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers - 1955, 59
- Milwaukee Braves - 1957
- Basketball
- Lakers dominated
- wasn't as popular as today
- BoxingWomen's
- Rocky Marciano
- Floyd Patterson
- Allowed to compete in
- Track and Field
- Swimming
- Golf
- Tennis
- Bowling
- Little League Baseball (numbers weren't high)
- Allowed to compete in
- Summer Olympics 1952
Fads
Ant Farms
Car Hops
Coonskin Caps
American Inventions
Credit Card
Breeder Reactor
Transistor Radio
Robot
Solar Cell
Video Tape, Video Recorder
Microchip
Hydrogen Bomb
Presidential Elections
1952
Republic
Dwight Eisenhower
Democratic
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower won in a landslide
442 vs. 89 electoral
Economy was very good
Economic and social issues not important
Foreign Policy was big deal
Cold War tensions were high
Korean war satlemated
1956
Republic
Dwight Eisenhower
Democratic
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower won
Both ignored Civil Rights
Country was prosperous and at peace
Few doubted Eisenhower’s reelection
Last election before the admissions of Hawaii and Alaska as states
Clothing/Beauty/Fashion
Women
Thin waist
Defined hips
Dresses
Over coat
Gloves
Mens
Hats
Fedoras
Porkpie
Straw
Walking
Pink
Suits
Civil Rights
Brown vs. Board of Education
Case made to supreme court
Segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
Violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
Forceful integration started
Little Rock Nine
Nine African Americans enrolled at Little Rock High School
First day Governor of Arkansa requested the National Guard to prevent the students from entering the high school
President Eisenhower was asked for help from principle
Army escorted the nine students
Teachers were terrible
Wouldn’t give them assignments
Students were terrible
Spit on them
Throw stuff at them
Major Events
First Organ Transplant
May 4, 1950
First Human Trial
Kidney
Postwar Baby Boom
Through the 50’s
Tons of babies born
15 year period
Korean War
May 4, 1950
36, 574 dead
103, 284 wounded
Rock and Roll Rise
Throughout 1950’s
Warsaw Pact
Set what world war three would look like
Vietnam War
November 1, 1955 -75
Helicopters came into play
Was supposed to stop communism
America Launches Explorer 1
January 31, 1958
Alaska became a state
January 3, 1959
Hawaii became a state
- 1959
Thursday - Today was a work day.
Friday - We continued the 1950's powerpoint.
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