Conformity was common -rebellion within literature and art *Jackson Pollock (artist) *Beat generation (Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, and Allen
Ginsberg)
*James Dean and Marilyn Monroe
Traditional gender roles
Boom period -economy *construction
*increase in military spending
*low unemployment rates and inflation -suburbs *G.I. Bill (lower cost for returning soldiers) *women were expected to stay in the home -baby boom (~77 million)
The Civil Rights Movement -Brown v. Board of Education -Rosa Parks (1955) and bus boycott -Martin Luther King Jr.
The Cold War -The Red Scare
Counterculture
-sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll *Elvis *The Beatles -Woodstock festival
Popularization