Humanities Group Presntation- (Teamwork-Online)

1. MYTHS 1945-1960
TEAM 4
HUMN-341
By: Rhonda Dahlheimer, Matt Edwards, & Kimyotta
Fernanders

2.  Literary Plays:
Death of a Salesman
Retrieved March 4, 2010 from
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1945-1960Literature1946 The Iceman Cometh –Eugene O’Neill *
1949 Death of a Salesman- Arthur Miller **
1956 Long Day’s Journey into Night-
Eugene O’Neill ***
*The play takes place in a Greenwich Village Saloon in 1912 . The men
are all alcoholics and the proprietor has a tendency to give out free
drinks. They all are forced into a reality check about their pipe dreams.
** The first great American tragedy. “The play examines the cost of
blind faith in the American Dream”(SparkNotes, 2010)
*** “Because of its deeply personal nature, O'Neill requested that the
play be published posthumously, which meant that the play was not
revealed to the world until O'Neill's death in 1956.” (SparkNotes, 2010)

3.  1945 Black Boy: A Record
of Childhood & Youth –
Richard Wright
 1947 All the King’s Men –
Robert Penn Warren
 1948 The Naked and the
Dead – Norman Mailer
 1949 The Man with the
Golden Arm- Nelson
Algren
 1951 From Here to
Eternity – James Jones
 1951 The Catcher in the
Rye – JD Salinger
 1952 The Caine Mutiny-
Herman Wouk
 1957 The Wapshot
Chronicles – John Cheever
 1958 Breakfast at Tiffany’s-
Truman Capote
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America was just recovering from World War II, and then the Korean Conflict developed.
“Literature reflected the conflict of self-satisfaction with '50s Happy Days and cultural
self-doubt about conformity and the true worth of American values.” (Bradley, 2009)

4.  The only strong literary movement was after 1950 when we entered
the era of the beat generation most commonly referred to as
“beatniks.”
 There was an increased interest in poetry and jazz in the 50’s.
This marked the beginning of the youth rebellion against U.S.
cultural values.
These authors wrote of a freer way of
life:
Allen Ginsberg
Jack Kerouac
William Burroughs
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Gregory Corso
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5.  1950 Artificial sweetener
cyclamate
 1950 Commercial color TV
broadcasts
 1951 Heart-Lung machine- J.
Andre-Thomas and John
Gibbon
 1952 Pocket size transistor
radio
 1952 1st infusion (hydrogen)
bomb exploded by U.S. at
Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall
Islands
 1954 TV dinners
 1955 1st practical hovercraft
 1955 Commercial electric
power from nuclear reactor
produced
 1955 Velcro patented
 1955 1st artificial diamonds
produced
 1955 Deep freezers capable of
freezing fresh food are
marketed

6.  1945 Fluoridation of water
supply to prevent tooth
decay
 1945 1st nuclear bomb
detonated by the U.S. in
New Mexico
 1946 Xerography
(photocopying)
 1947 Goodyear introduced
the tubeless tire
 1948 Atomic clock
introduced
 1948 Camera & film
system- film develops in
camera
 1948 1st long time playing
record- Peter Goldmark
 1948 Transistor- Bell
Laboratories
 1949 X-rays 1st used for
medical diagnosis
 1949 General Mills &
Pillsbury begin marketing
prepared cake mixes

7.  1956 Birth Control Pills
 1956 FORTRAN –
computer language
 1958 1st integrated
circuit- Texas
Instruments
 1959 COBOL- computer
language
 1960 1st laser beam
 1960 Astroturf
introduced- Astrodome
in Houston, Texas

8.  Spring on the Missouri, Retrieved March 5, 2010 from
http://www.artknowledgenews.com/files2008a/hart_benton_spring_missouri.jpg
Seated Woman. Retrieved
March 5, 2010 from
http://www.theslideprojecto
r.com/images/1950s/dekoon
ing/seatedwoman.jpg
Abstract expressionism was a
American post-World War II
art movement.
Artists began to explore color and
shape
Second Story Sunlight. Retrieved March 5, 2010 from
http://www.artknowledgenews.com/2009-10-15-23-20-11-works-by-edward-
hopper-staged-at-palazzo-reale-first-major-italian-exhibition.html
It can be broadly divided into two groups:
Action Painting and Color Field and Hard-
Edge Painting

9. American History 1945-1960
A brief look at the some of the most memorable events

10.  The End of WWII
 The Korean war 1950
 The Cold War
 The Space Race
 First use of Nuclear weapons
 Thriving economy Coming out of WWII
 The Truman Doctrine 1947
 UNIVAC first electronic computer 1951
 McCarthy Hearings 1954
 United States Recognizes Israel as a nation 1948
 Alaska and Hawaii admitted to the Union 1959
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12. Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933-1945
Events During Roosevelt’s Presidency
-Ushered in The New Deal
-Led the country in aftermath of the
Great Depression
-Led the country into WWII and during
the majority of the war
-Regarded as one of the greatest
presidents

13. Harry S. Truman
1945-1953
Events during Truman’s Presidency
-Nuclear weapons used on Japan
-The founding of the United Nations
-The Beginning of the Cold War
-The creation of NATO
-The Korean War

14. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1953-1961
Events during Eisenhower’s Presidency
-Cease fire of Korean War
-Made Nuclear weapons a defense Priority
-Launched the Space Race
-Expanded Social Security
-Began Interstate Highway System

15.  Radio was the lifeline for
Americans
 Providing news, music
and entertainment
 Programming included
soap operas, quiz shows,
children's hours,
mystery stories, fine
drama, and sports.

16. Albums Released
 King Cole Trio- Nat King
Cole
 Merry Christmas-Bing
Crosby
 Paris 1945- Django
Reinhardt
 Glenn Miller- Glenn
Miller

17. Big Bands
 Greater Kensington
String Band
 South Philadelphia
String Band
Musical Hits
 Annie Get Your Gun
 Show Boat

18.  LP( Long playing record)
introduced.-1948
 Billboard introduced the
description "rhythm &
blues“-1949
 "Jump bands"
introduced-1950
George Lewis
Ragtime Jazz
Band, New
Orleans, 1950.

19.  Birth of Rock and Roll
 Portable radios made it
easy for people to listen
to music anywhere.

20. Top Hits
 The Fat Man –Fats
Domino-1950
 Sixty Minute Man -
Dominoes -1951
 Lawdy Miss Clawdy -Lloyd
Price -1952
 Money Honey -Money
Honey -1953
 Rock Around The Clock -
Bill Haley & His Comets -
1954

21.  Tutti-Frutti- Little Richard
-1955
 Hound Dog –Elvis Presley -
1956
 Jailhouse Rock - Elvis
Presley -1957
 Johnny B. Goode- Chuck
Berry -1958
 Chuck Berry- Ray Charles-
1959
 Will You Love Me
Tomorrow- Shirelles -1960

22.  Ebony-1945
 Time Magazine- 1945
 Weird Tales-1946
 Highlights-1946

23.  Portfolio-1950-1951
 Playboy-1953
 1959 the year National
Geographic 1st published
photo as covers.

24.  Hep Cat
 Photoplay
 Popular Screen
 Screenland
 TV Radio Mirror
 Movie Stars
 Teen Beat
 Teen Star Album
 Movie World
 Teen Magazine

25.  Ealing comedies", from
1946 to 1956.
 Walt Disney continued a
steady release of family
comedies.
 Dean Martin and Jerry
Lewis took the stage during
1950’s
 British Industry produced a
number of highly
successful film series
Privates Progress (1956)and
I’m All Right Jack(1959)

26.  Spellbound -1945
 Scudda Hoo! Scudda
Hay! –starring Marilyn
Monroe-1948

27.  European Movies
Introduced-1951
 Teenage Crime Wave -
1955
 Rock Around the Clock -
1956
 Hot Rod Rumble -1957
 I Married a Monster from
Outer Space -1958