HIS 1101 Study Guide - Moral Panic, House Un-American Activities Committee, Economic Integration
Document Summary
1950"s: economic expansion, low unemployment, capitalism seemed to be working, economic integration (europe, soviets not experiencing same growth as america. 1946-1960: us gdp more than doubles, spread across the us society. 1960"s: 60% of americans have middle class standard of living, decline in poverty, from 30% down to 22, introduction to the tv, air conditioning, expanding electricity, heating, 56 million cars and televisions (amount americans own) = significant growth. Red scare (institutionalizing: truman"s loyalty review system (1947, accused spies were required to demonstrate their patriotism, house un-american activities committee (est. 1938: investigate disloyalty (anyone who sits left of the democratic party, hart-tartley act (1947) John edgar hoover: he was working with the fbi, conducted loyalty tests to weed out the communists. Homosexuality: one could not express homosexuality in the 1950"s in the us, puts an emphasis on individual identity, moral panic of communism, male identity in question, growing independence of women.
