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ut on the trampoline to keep her size 12 figure. Life magazine, 1956 Marilyn Monroe The ideal 1950s man was the provider, protector, and the boss of the house. Life magazine, 1955 1956 ? William H. Whyte, Jr. ? The Organization Man A a middleclass, white suburban male is the ideal. 9B. WellDefined Gender Roles Changing Sexual Behavior: Alfred Kinsey: 1948 ? Sexual Behavior in the Human Male 1953 ? Sexual Behavior in the Human Female v Premarital sex was mon. v Extramarital affairs were frequent among married couples. Kinsey’s results are an assault on the family as a basic unit of society, a negation of moral law, and a celebration of licentiousness. Life magazine, early 1950s 10A. Progress Through Science 1951 First IBM Mainframe Computer 1952 Hydrogen Bomb Test 1953 DNA Structure Discovered 1954 Salk Vaccine Tested for Polio 1957 First Commercial U. S. Nuclear Power Plant 1958 NASA Created 1959 Press Conference of the First 7 American Astronauts 10B. Progress Through Science 1957 ? Russians launch SPUTNIK I 1958 ? National Defense Education Act 10C. Progress Through Science UFO Sightings skyrocketed in the 1950s. War of the Worlds Hollywood used aliens as a metaphor for whom ?? 10D. Progress Through Science Atomic Anxieties: ? “DuckandCover Generation” Atomic Testing: ? 19461962 ? U. S. exploded 217 nuclear weapons over the Pacific and in Nevada. The 50s Come to a Close 1959 ? NixonKhrushchev “Kitchen Debate” Cold War Tensions Technology amp。 Affluence Poverty 1/4 of Americans were below poverty line ”O(jiān)ther America” White Flight million of middle class whites moved to suburbs loss of tax dollars hurt city services lots of rural poor move to cities breakdown of inner cities Urban Renewal trying to revamp centers of cities Minority Groups immigration from Mexico Many worked as migrant workers on farms in the West discrimination Indians citizenship, 1924 Although many states still denied them the right to vote Indian Reanization Act The postwar era witnessed tremendous economic growth and rising social contentment and conformity. Yet in the midst of such increasing affluence and fortable domesticity, social critics expressed a growing sense of unease with American culture in the 1950s. Assess the validity of the above statement and explain how the decade of the 1950s laid the groundwork for the social and political turbulence of the 1960s. Class Discussion Topic