Revolutionized Culture 1950's
Crucial to the development of the new emerging lifestyle of leisure and affluence
What is the television?
With this new technology by the 1960's, virtually every home in America had a TV. While this caused attendance at movie theaters to sink, in 1951, 7 million sets were sold. And advertisers were spending $10 billion to hawk their wares on television.
The first man on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong? (And Mike Collins and Buzz Aldrin)
This man was elected president
What is January 20, 1969?
Steve introduces the first of these in 1984
What is the Macintosh computer?
As of 1991, the Soviet President's resignation soon brought an end to the USSR
Who is Makhail Gorbachev?
One of the expansions of the middle class and blossoming of consumer culture
What are the innovations of easy credit, "fast food" production, and new forms of recreation?
Diner's club introduced a plastic credit card in 1950 and McDonald's opened up their first hamburger stand in 1954. Not only that, but Disney Land opened it's doors in California in 1955.
The day that mankind made history
What is July 20, 1969?
One hugely valuable asset, and also his primary focus, Nixon brought to the table when he entered the white house
What is an expertise in foreign affairs?
Steve jobs is the creator and CEO of
What is Apple and Pixar?
(Until it was later bought by Disney)
Along with the dismantle of the USSR, brought an end to this political theory
What is Communism?
This rapidly capitalized on the new platform of television
What is Religion?
"Televangelists" like Billy Grahm, the preacher Oral Roberts and the Catholic Fulton J. Sheen took to the airwaves to spread the christian gospel.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
That the United States would honor its existing defense commitments but that in the future, Asians and others would have to fight their own wars without the support of American ground troops
What is the Nixon Doctrine?
Steve resigns from Apple to start this new corporation
What is NeXT?
An end to the cold war
What is a New Beginning for the life of the poor people trapped in the Regions of the Communist lands?
This activity quickly swept the televised market
What is sports?
In 1958 baseball teams switched locations westward. Those moves touched off a new westward movement of sports franchises.This shift in affluence led to substantial expansion of the major baseball, football and basketball leagues as well.
The ship they traveled on
What is Apollo 11?
A policy that Nixon advocated that transferred certain powers from the United States federal government back to the states
What is New Federalism?
(Was quickly shot down by a Democratic Congress that did not share his goals)
While apart of NeXT, Steve created this system designed to be a high-end workstation compute
What is NeXT Cube?
The American Economy was deeply shaped and even invigorated by this rivalry
What is the Soviet-American rivalry?
The man that revolutionized the face of music in the fifties
Who was Elvis Presley?
Elvis fused black rhythm and blues with white bluegrass and country style he created a new musical idiom known forever as Rock and Roll. Not only did he change music, he impacted much of the culture at the time. With his new face and body language on the stage changed the minds of Americans that watched him. With those brainwashed Americans came advertisements targeted right towards the people well on their way to becoming free-spending, consumers of mass-produced, standardized products.
The effect the moon landing had on the rest of the world
What is unity and an accelerated innovation in rockets, computers and other space-age materials?
Economically, the Nixon years saw the start of a period that would continue into the 1970's
What is "stagflation"?
Although being the founder of Apple, Steve Jobs managed to
What is get fired, 12 years later save the company from bankruptcy, and make products that have changed the lives of millions of people?
Democracy marched forward in this white regime taking great steps in liberating the troubled land from its racist past
What is South Africa?