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    The 1950s were defined by the Cold War between the US and Soviet Union, McCarthyism and the Red Scare, and the beginning of the Civil Rights movement. Existentialism became a influential philosophy in literature during this time as people grappled with finding identity and meaning. The postwar economic boom led to suburban expansion and conformity as America sought normalcy.

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    Lecture Guided Notes

    1950-59: The Cold War, Age of Conformity, Civil Rights Movement

    Based on your past knowledge of the decade and what you’ve read of your
    novels so far- What was it like to live through the 1950s era?

    The Cold War Crash Course Video Notes:


    Beginning of the Cold War: 1945
    ● End of World War II (1945): Allies vs Axis Powers- U.S prevails
    ● ____________ Age:
    ○ Use of the first atomic weapons over
    Hiroshima and Nagasaki during ________- led to
    worldwide _________ about nuclear war.
    ■ Full scale ______________ between
    the U.S and Russia could destroy all of civilization
    ● Beginning of the Cold War: U.S
    (______________) and Soviet Union (______________)
    decide the future of postwar Europe.
    ○ Both sides wanted to expand
    ____________ in Europe = main conflict
    ● The Cold War was a ____________ war: “an armed conflict between two
    states or non-state actors which act on the instigation or on behalf of other
    parties that are not directly involved in the hostilities”

    McCarthy Era (1950-1955)

    ● In the early Cold War, there was a widespread ______________ and _______________ about
    the threat of ______________ to the U.S
    ● _____________________ (U.S Senator) convinced millions of Americans that communists
    were infiltrating American institutions (the government, Hollywood, Universities)
    ○ A LOT of paranoia during this time. Although the Soviet Union was a threat
    because of their nuclear weapons, the paranoia went beyond justified fears.
    Widespread propaganda, etc.
    Existentialism Crash Course Video Notes:

    Existentialism:

    This _______________ spread from France & Germany to the U.S during this time.
    Authors were greatly influenced by it- many characters and plots were driven by
    this concept.

    Existentialism: freeing ourselves from the ______________ that others impose on


    us, inventing who we are through _____________ and ____________.

    ________________ PRECEDES ____________

    The idea that humans cannot and should not be defined in advance. Each
    individual ___________ how they are defined through actions and choices.
    Psychoanalysis:

    ___________________, inventor of psychoanalysis.

    - Humans, like animals, are motivated by the ______________ to procreate and


    instinct to ______________- which manifests through sexuality and
    aggressive behavior.
    - Minds have _______________and ________________ element: Id, Superego, Ego

    People in the U.S became more interested in psychotherapy in hopes to uncover


    reasons why they may be unhappy.

    This also had influence on literature in the 1950s, many characters show this
    interest.

    US Post World War II Boom Video Notes:


    Age of Conformity:

    ● President ________________________
    oversaw a country dealing with McCarthy
    paranoia, racial injustice, and fear of a
    nuclear war- but country was prospering
    _______________ post ___________________.
    ○ Largest ______________ expansion
    in US history (1948-1973)
    ○ Introduction of broadcast ______ in
    the home
    ○ Levittown, New York (1949)-
    America’s first massive _________________
    ________________ development
    Civil Rights Crash Course Video Notes:

    Civil Rights Movement

    ● _____________ vs.
    _______________________(1954): landmark
    decision of the U.S. ______________
    ___________in which the Court ruled that U.S.
    state laws establishing racial segregation in
    public schools are
    _________________________, even if the
    segregated schools are otherwise equal in
    quality.
    ● _________________________ leads the
    Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott after
    _________________ is arrested (1955)
    ○ The modern _____________ ______________ movement begins

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