12/6-14 1950s Paper

Write a formal paper on one of the following prompts from our study of the 1950s. A. Describe the American economy during the 1950s. What factors contributed to the economic situation? B. What was the baby boom? Describe what life was like for children during the baby boom. C. What was the role of the majority of women in the 1950s? Explain how society encouraged them to fill that role. D. Who were the invisible poor? Describe some of their problems and explain some of the reasons for their poverty. E. What assumption did President Truman make about what the American people wanted when he introduced his Fair Deal in late 1945 and early 1946? F. Why was there a resurgence in religion in the U.S. in the 1950s? G. Explain who the Beats were and why they were controversial in the 1950s. H. How did the Suburbs and the Building of the Interstates change the lifestyles and the landscape of America?