Post-War Era

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The Post-War Era

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Post-War (1945-60) on YouTube
Audio of Truman Doctrine
"In the Mood" by Glenn Miller (1946)
What Makes a Good Party (1950)
Attitudes toward Working Women in the 1950s
A 1950s Date with Your Family
1950s Kool Aid Commercial
First Barbie Commercial
1950s Music Sequence
30 Best Songs of the 50s
Teen Queens of the 1950s
"Be My Baby" by the Ronettes
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by The Shirelles
"La Bamba" by Richie Valens
Jack Kerouac on Steve Allen Show

Links:
Fifties Web
Literature and Culture of the 1950s
1946
Levittown
Levittown - 1951
Levittown Historical Society
Development of Suburbs
The Fair Deal
Harry Truman
Truman Doctrine
Truman Library and Museum
Marshall Plan - Wikipedia
McCarthyism - Wikipedia
House Un-American Activities Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
The Eisenhower Presidency
The Federal Highway Act of 1956


Page created by: Wanda Downing Jones, History Coordinator