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Pop And Folk Culture Of The 1950's

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SOCIAL POP CULTURE

  • James Dean was a rebellious actor best known for his role in "Rebel Without A Cause."
  • Debut: 1953 in the film "East of Eden"
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SOCIAL POP CULTURE

  • Marilyn Monroe, the first woman to grace the cover of Playboy, was a prominent 50's sex symbol.
  • Debut: 1950 with her appearances in "The Asphalt Jungle" and "All About Eve"
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SOCIAL POP CULTURE

  • Lucille Ball was a famous actress best known for her role in the sitcom "I Love Lucy."
  • Debut: 1948 in the CBS Radio Program "My Favorite Husband."
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SOCIAL POP CULTURE

  • Elvis Presley was perhaps the best known rock musician of the 50's.
  • He is known for his sexual dance moves and catchy songs such as Jailhouse Rock.
  • Debut: 1954 when listeners heard "That's All Right" on the radio.
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SOCIAL POP CULTURE

  • Frank Sinatra was a popular musician, best known for his traditional pop ballads such as "Fly Me To The Moon."
  • Debut: 1935 when he joined the group The Three Flashes
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SOCIAL POP CULTURE

  • Jukeboxes are automated music players that allow people to choose songs from its content list.
  • Debut: 1928 created by Justus P. Seeburg, a piano manufactuer.
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SOCIAL POP CULTURE

  • Sock Hops were informal high school dances in which students danced to rock & roll while wearing only their socks.
  • Debut: Early 1950's at an American high school
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SOCIAL POP CULTURE

  • A 3D film is enhanced by depth and perception, with images appearing as though they have popped off the screen.
  • Debut: 1952 when The Power of Love was first shown to an audience using 3D technology
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SOCIAL POP CULTURE

  • Poodle skirts were highly popular with teens in the 1950's.
  • They were often worn to sock hops, or just as casual wear on a nice day.
  • Debut: 1948 designed by Juli Charlot by using felt from her mother's fabric store.
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SOCIAL POP CULTURE

  • Top hats proved to be a highly fashionable item in the wardrobe of the 1950's man.
  • Debut: 1947 when Christian Dior lauched his new hat line
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SOCIAL POP CULTURE

  • The New York Yankees, a pro baseball team, dominated the era of 1950's baseball
  • Debut: 1913 when the Highlanders moved to play at the new Polo Grounds amd were renamed the Yankees
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ENVIRONMENTAL POP CULTURE

  • The Assam Earthquake was the 10th largest earthquake of the 20th century.
  • The earthquake occured near Tibet and killed 1,526 people.
  • Debut: August 15, 1950
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ENVIRONMENTAL POP CULTURE

  • Typhoon Vera was the largest known typhoon that struck Japan.
  • The typhoon proved to cause a major setback in the Japanese economy which was still recovering from WWII.
  • Debut: September 20, 1959
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ENVIRONMENTAL POP CULTURE

  • In many urbanized city centers, smog and soot from factories polluted the air, causing many environmental issues.
  • Debut: Originated in 19th century and 20th century London with the Industrial Revolution
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ENVIRONMENTAL POP CULTURE

  • In the 1950's, both Russia and the USA were frequently testing nuclear weapons to show supremacy.
  • Radiation from these nuclear weapons created problems for both people and the environment.
  • Debut: Radiation issues first appeared in the 1950's and 1960's when nuclear bomb testing began in the USA.
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ECONOMIC POP CULTURE

  • The 1950's economic boom was followed by a large expansion of labor unions.
  • Labor unions often advocated for higher wages and desired better economic conditions.
  • Debut: Labor unions debuted long before the 1950's, but showed prominence beginning in 1950-1951.
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ECONOMIC POP CULTURE

  • Drive in movie theaters gained large amounts of popularity in the 1950's.
  • The economy flourished in the 1950's which increased consumerism, thus allowing the drive in theater to flourish.
  • Debut: 1933 when the first theater was opened on Crescent Boulevard in Camden, New Jersey.
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ECONOMIC POP CULTURE

  • Cars were perhaps the most popular consumer item in the 1950's.
  • Both the production and purchase of automobiles stimulated the economy and increased consumerism.
  • Debut: The first automobile was created in 1885 by Karl Benz.
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ECONOMIC POP CULTURE

  • The government under Eisenhower became highly focused on creating the Interstate hightway.
  • The creation of the highway was extremely expensive and cost the government a great sum of money.
  • Debut: June 29, 1956 when Eisenhower signed the Federal Aide Highway Act.
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ECONOMIC POP CULTURE

  • The 1950's saw a mass movement of citizens form urbanized areas to suburbs.
  • This mass movement stimulated the real estate market, thus stimulating the economy.
  • Debut: Mass movement occurred in the late 1940's (1949-1956)
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ECONOMIC POP CULTURE

  • When the first color television was created, the radio immediately lost popularity.
  • The purchase of televisions occurred rapidly and stimulated the consumer economy.
  • Debut: 1953
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ECONOMIC POP CULTURE

  • The G.I Bill allowed for military veterans to obtain a college degree for free
  • This bill gave veterans a multitude of economic benefits.
  • Debut: 1944 as "The Servicemen's Readjustment Act"
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ECONOMIC POP CULTURE

  • Capitalism, the primary 1950's ideology, promoted industry controlled by provate owners for profit.
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POLITICAL POP CULTURE

  • Anti-communistic views became highly popular during the time of the Cold War.
  • Senator McCarthy popularized the political ideology of McCarthyism, which called for a communist destuction.
  • Debut: First appeared in 1950 and carried on until 1956
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POLITICAL POP CULTURE

  • The Cold War was the most prominent political issue of the 1950's.
  • Soviet Russia and the USA were constantly wrestling for supremacy, and on the brink of nuclear war.
  • Debut: Historians have not agreed on the official beginning of the Cold War, but many believe tensions first arose in 1947.
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POLITICAL POP CULTURE

  • The spread of Communism was a large political fad in the 1950's.
  • The USA desired to halt the spread of Communism while Russia desired to continue its spread.
  • Debut: 1950 with the Red Scare
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POLITICAL POP CULTURE

  • Fidel Castro initiated the Communist Cuban Revolution, which reshaped Cuban political relations with the USA.
  • Debut: July 26, 1953
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POLITICAL POP CULTURE

  • The Korean war was a war between North and South Korea in which the USA fought with South Korea for Democratic rights.
  • Debut: June 25, 1950
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POLITICAL POP CULTURE

  • Sputnik was the first satellite to be launched into space by the Soviet Union.
  • The satellite was launched in response to the space race between the USA and the Soviet Union.
  • Debut: Launched on October 4, 1957
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POLITICAL POP CULTURE

  • Segregation and minority rights were prominent political issues of the 1950's.
  • African Americans wished to have greater political, social, and economic equality.
  • Debut: 1950 with protests against Jim Crow laws.
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SOCIAL FOLK CULTURE

  • In 1950, Buddhism was practiced only by a minority of Americans, primarily in Hawaii and California.
  • Debut: Buddhism debuted in the USA in 1959 post Vietnam War
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SOCIAL FOLK CULTURE

  • African American music tended to only be popular in a few urbanized city centers, such as Harlem, within the USA.
  • Debut: This style of African music initially appeared in 1930 after the Second Great Awakening
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SOCIAL FOLK CULTURE

  • Folk acoustic music was not popular in the 1950's.
  • This type of music was generally played in coffee houses in smaller liberal towns.
  • Debut: The American folk music revival began in 1940 and carried on until 1960.
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SOCIAL FOLK CULTURE

  • The Beatniks were a group of free spirited individuals who encouraged freedom of social and sexual expression.
  • Debut: Kerouac first used the term "Beatnik" in 1948.
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SOCIAL FOLK CULTURE

  • Abstract Expressionism was an offhand, folk form of art practiced by free spirited artists in New York.
  • Debut: This form of art debuted in 1946, coined by Robert Coates.
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SOCIAL FOLK CULTURE

  • Tight clothing was rarely worn in the 1950s, but it was popular with the rebellious Beat Generation.
  • Debut: Tight clothing became popular in the late 1950s (1956-57) as the sexualized 60s neared.
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SOCIAL FOLK CULTURE

  • The Standing Era of Water Polo began in the USA in the 1950's
  • Water Polo was popular at prep schools in the Northern states.
  • Debut: Standing Water Polo debuted in 1950.
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SOCIAL FOLK CULTURE

  • Equestrian polo was popular in New York with the upper elite class.
  • Debut: In the late 1950's, Walter Scanlon introduced European style Polo to the USA.
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SOCIAL FOLK CULTURE

  • Lacrosse was popular in the northern regions of the USA during the 1950s
  • Debut: Men's Lacrosse was prominent at Rutgers University in the 1940's and 1950's.
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ENVIRONMENTAL FOLK CULTURE

  • City living became unpopular in the 1950's.
  • A primary reason for this was that the soot produced by factories made the city environment unbearable.
  • Only minority groups tended to remain in urban centers.
  • Debut: As people moved out of the cities in 1945, minorities began to move in at continuous rates.
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ENVIRONMENTAL FOLK CULTURE

  • The Sierra Club worked to preserve the environment, and was only found on the West coast in the 50's
  • Debut: The Sierra Club was founded in 1892.
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ENVIRONMENTAL FOLK CULTURE

  • The Audubon Society was a small group of bird watchers/environmental advocates.
  • Debut: They debuted in 1905 in New York.
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ENVIRONMENTAL FOLK CULTURE

  • Whaling and over-fishing proved to be a small environmental issue in rural Japanese towns.
  • Debut: Whaling began in medieval times, but began to rise to prominence in 1950.
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ENVIRONMENTAL FOLK CULTURE

  • Poaching in South African Savannas destroyed equilibrium in ecosystems and harmed the environment.
  • Debut: Rhino poaching began in 1951 and has carried on throughout present day.
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POLITICAL FOLK CULTURE

  • Polygamists were prominent in Utah in 1950.
  • Their way of life often contrasted with the rules of law in Utah.
  • Debut: Polygamy has been a political issue in Utah since the days of Joseph Smith, but became prevalent in 1953 with the Short Creek Raid,.
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POLITICAL FOLK CULTURE

  • The Texas case, Sweatt v. Painter, discrimination against African Americans was disputed.
  • Debut: April 4, 1950
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ECONOMIC FOLK CULTURE

  • Florida's beaches allowed for a source of profit that other states didn't have. Panama city beach held festivals in the 50's which attracted many locals.
  • Debut: Florida's becahes do not nessecarily have a debut year. They have been popular since their creation.
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ECONOMIC FOLK CULTURE

  • Women with manufacturing jobs were rare
  • Working women were rare, and were found generally in impoverished households.
  • Debut: Women began working around the 1920's as a result of the Great Depression
  • The decrease in woman workers occured in 1950 when family life was emphasized by the society.
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ECONOMIC FOLK CULTURE

  • Skiing in Colorado was very popular with local families.
  • In Vale, annual Christmas fesitvals were held for local citizens and their families.
  • Debut: Skiing was popular during 1953-present.
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ECONOMIC FOLK CULTURE

  • Wisconsin cheese provided a source of profit for local farmers and business owners.
  • Debut: Cheese production debuted in Mathon county in 1950.

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