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Museum Entrance
Welcome to the Post WWII/ 1950s Virtual Museum
Artifact 22
Artifact 23
Assessment
Social
Truman (Post WWII Political)
Economic
McCarthyism
Eisenhower (Political)
Curators Offices
To examine the social, economic, and political
developments of Post WWII/ 1950s in order to draw
conclusions about the legacy of the 1950s
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Curators Office
Welcome to the Post World War II 1950s Virtual
Museum. This Museum was graciously funded by
Hoefler Enterprises. No money! Just a lot of
Time! ?

• You your group will browse through all five
  rooms of the 1950s Virtual Museum. You will
  spend about 7 to 8 minutes in each room. In each
  room, there will be a word found on the floor.
• Gather information from the resources that are
  available in the room to validate refute the
  word on the floor. As you write the
  information, you want to think about whether the
  word is, indeed, appropriate.
• In addition, you must also offer another word
  that you feel should either replace the written
  word or should also be added to the floor.
  Gather information for support.
• Make sure to Stick with the resources that are
  available in the museum only! It is important to
  stay within the constraints of the museum.
  Please do not go anywhere that you are not
  supposed to such as accessing resources outside
  of the museum. After all you dont want one of
  those annoying chaperones assigned to keep an
  extra eye out on your group do you? ?) Enjoy the
  museum!

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Room 1
Post WWII Truman (Political Domestic)
Artifact 2
Artifact 1
Artifact 4
Artifact 3
Unpopular
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Room 2
Post WWII 1950s Social
Artifact 6
Artifact 5
Artifact 8
Artifact 7
Dont forget about two additional artifacts found
in the main hall of the museum.
Artifact 21
Conformity
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Room 3
Post WWII 1950s Economic
Artifact 10
Artifact 9
Artifact 12
Artifact 11
Prosperity
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Room 4
Eisenhower (Domestic Political)
Artifact 14
Artifact 13
Artifact 16
Artifact 15
Mediocre
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Room 5
McCarthyism (2nd Red Scare)
Artifact 18
Artifact 17
Artifact 20
Artifact 19
Hysteria
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Truman Civil Rights
http//www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_tru
man.html http//www.history.com/topics/us-preside
nts/harry-truman/videos/truman-supports-civil-righ
ts http//www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flashtrue
doc84
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1948 Election
http//www.eagleton.rutgers.edu/research/americanh
istory/ap_trumandewey.php http//origins.osu.edu/
sites/origins.osu.edu/files/1-13-map252.png http
//law.jrank.org/pages/10489/States-Rights-Party.h
tml
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The Fair Deal
http//www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/modern/jb_modern
_fairdeal_1.html http//history.house.gov/Histori
calHighlight/Detail/36450 http//millercenter.org
/president/truman/essays/biography/4 http//www-p
ersonal.umd.umich.edu/ppennock/L-Fair20Deal.htm

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Truman vs. MacArthur
http//www.historywiz.com/primarysources/trumanmac
arthur.html http//professornerdster.com/wp-conte
nt/uploads/2011/09/info-presapp0605-truman.gif ht
tp//photos1.blogger.com/blogger/436/1538/1600/Tru
manLow.png http//www.history.com/this-day-in-his
tory/truman-relieves-macarthur-of-duties-in-korea
http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/sfeature/v
ersus.html
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Levittown
http//www.capitalcentury.com/1951.html http//pe
ople.hofstra.edu/alan_j_singer/29420Course20Pack
/x10.20Civil20Rights/129.pdf http//www.sparkno
tes.com/testprep/books/sat2/history/chapter19secti
on5.rhtml
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Migration Trends
http//lewishistoricalsociety.com/wiki2011/tiki-re
ad_article.php?articleId29 http//homepages.gac.
edu/jcullip/workexamples/mea.htmlhttp//www.gac.
edu/jcullip/workexamples/mea.html1 https//www.
census.gov/dataviz/visualizations/051/
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Television
http//fiftieswedding.com/tv-nostalgia-from-the-19
50s-part-2/ http//fiftieswedding.com/television-
nostalgia-from-1950s-part-1/ https//www.youtube
.com/watch?v4wKlth2yTF8
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Conformity vs. Anti-conformity
http//www.flowofhistory.com/readings-flowcharts/t
he-world-since-1945/the-post-war-world-1945-60/fc1
42 http//www.ushistory.org/us/53f.asp https//w
ww.youtube.com/watch?v1ham3ljTPmk
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Baby Boom
http//www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/topics/bab
y-boom/ http//www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/us/baby-boo
mer-generation-fast-facts/ http//www.dailyfinanc
e.com/2012/10/20/thanks-a-lot-for-the-disastrous-e
conomic-legacy-baby-boomers/
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Consumer Economy
http//amhist.ist.unomaha.edu/module_files/consume
rdebt.jpg http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperie
nce/features/general-article/tupperware-consumer/
http//www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/
04/how-america-spends-money-100-years-in-the-life-
of-the-family-budget/255475/
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Affluent Society
http//theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/americ
a-1950-vs-america-2012 http//www.cliffsnotes.com
/more-subjects/history/us-history-ii/america-in-th
e-fifties/the-affluent-society
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The Other America
http//web.mit.edu/21h.102/www/Primary20source20
collections/Civil20Rights/Other_America.htm http
//www.dissentmagazine.org/article/50-years-later-
poverty-and-the-other-america http//www.dailyyon
der.com/socialist-presidents-bookshelf/2012/01/04/
3667
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I Like Ike!(1952 1956 Presidential Election)
https//www.youtube.com/watch?vvFbMLlGnVqA http
//www.u-s-history.com/pages/h899.html http//www.
rbt48.com/weather/Presidential_Elections/Maps/1952
20Electoral20Map.png http//flashmedia.glynn.k1
2.ga.us/webpages/kadams/photos/23715/Election2019
56.png http//content.gallup.com/origin/gallupinc
/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/umlh6wgqb0kfbuy9
mubttg.gif
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Interstate Ike
http//www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flashtruedoc
88 http//www.ushistory.org/us/53b.asp http/
/transportation.nationaljournal.com/2011/06/after-
55-years-where-are-we-on.php
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Moderate Ike
http//millercenter.org/president/eisenhower/essa
ys/biography/4 http//www.history.com/topics/us-p
residents/dwight-d-eisenhower http//www.nps.gov/
features/eise/jrranger/5accompX.htm http//www.np
s.gov/features/eise/jrranger/5accomp2X.htm
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Little Rock Ike
http//mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encycloped
ia/encyclopedia/enc_little_rock_school_desegregati
on_1957/ http//www.blackpast.org/aah/little-rock
-crisis-1957 http//www.boston.com/ae/books/artic
les/2007/11/21/an_inside_look_at_eisenhowers_civil
_rights_record/ http//www.cnn.com/US/9709/24/lit
tle.rock/
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Hollywood Ten, Hiss Rosenberg Trials
Hollywood Ten https//www.youtube.com/watch?vtaa
ncRcLQ8o http//www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1850.h
tml Hiss Trial http//www.history.com/this-day-i
n-history/alger-hiss-convicted-of-perjury Rosenbe
rg Trial http//www.coldwar.org/articles/50s/TheR
osenbergTrial.asp
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Joseph McCarthy
. http//www.coldwar.org/articles/50s/senatorjose
phmccarthy.asp https//www.youtube.com/watch?vK1
eA5bUzVjA http//www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/scho
ols/blakehs/staff/wagnerm/NetInv/mccarthytimeline.
htm http//cruciblewebsite.weebly.com/index.html

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Dealing with Communist Hysteria
http//www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/129329/C
ommunist-Party-of-the-United-States-of-America-CPU
SA https//www.youtube.com/watch?vSkYl_AH-qyk h
ttps//history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/nati
onal-security-act http//www.history.com/this-day
-in-history/truman-orders-loyalty-checks-of-federa
l-employees http//public.csusm.edu/MichelleWhite
/
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Nuclear Anxiety
https//www.youtube.com/watch?v89od_W8lMtA http
//mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/e
ncyclopedia/enc_national_committee_for_a_sane_nucl
ear_policy_sane/ http//www.u-s-history.com/pages
/h3706.html http//content.gallup.com/origin/gall
upinc/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/aup4z0lakey
anuulbc8beg.gif
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Women Child Rearing
http//www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199901073
400121 http//1950s.weebly.com/womens-roles.html
https//www.youtube.com/watch?vlTLK9Q4sWT0 http
s//www.youtube.com/watch?vazvdwHySVjI http//ww
w.census.gov/newsroom/pdf/women_workforce_slides.p
df https//www.youtube.com/watch?vBA3uryDJzI0
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GI Bill of Rights
https//www.youtube.com/watch?vMb2o2mUn-Zo http
//www.encyclopedia.com/topic/GI_Bill.aspx http//
www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe40s/life_20.
html http//content.gallup.com/origin/gallupinc/G
allupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/yt06xouaue-io_zl9t
_atw.png
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Thank youThank you very much! (w/ Elvis Lip Curl)
http//www.biography.com/people/elvis-presley-9446
466death-and-legacy https//www.youtube.com/wat
ch?vsGZm7EOamWk
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What is the Legacy of the Post WWII/ 1950s?
Provide a nickname for the 1950s. Which one
word or small phrase best recapitulates the
legacy of the Post World War II/ 1950s? Provide
context. Provide one ECONOMIC historical
evidence for support. Provide one POLITICAL
historical evidence for support. Provide one
SOCIAL historical evidence for support. In
addition, provide one piece of historical
evidence (social, political, economic) that could
be ARGUED AGAINST your word/ small phrase.
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