Unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists).
What is McCarthyism?
100
A person who was born in the years immediately following World War II.
What is a baby boomer?
100
The singer of the 1957 song "Jailhouse Rock."
What is Elvis Presley?
100
The sales of this household appliance, that allowed families to watch programming, opposed to listening like on a radio, boomed starting in the early 1950s.
What is the television?
100
Americans increasingly relied of this form of transportation to get from place to place starting in the 1950s.
What is automobiles/cars?
200
The court case that ruled that racial segregation in public schools in unconstitutional.
What is Brown vs. the Board of Education?
200
The older, central part of a city with crowded neighborhoods that typically are home to low-income families and minorities.
What is the inner city?
200
The famous woman who was the star of the show "I Love Lucy."
What is Lucille Ball?
200
This theme park was constructed to be a collection of famous characters and references to the creations of the company Disney.
What is Disneyland?
200
The new, faced-paced style of music, originating from Blues music.
What is rock-and-roll?
300
The war fought over control of the Suez Canal.
What is the Suez Crisis?
300
Promotion of the interests of consumers.
What is consumerism?
300
The 34th President of the United States, in office from 1953-1961.
What is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
300
This widely known flying disk was first released in 1957 and was immediately a huge success.
What is a Frisbee?
300
The residential district outside a city where many young Americans began to start families.
What is the suburbs?
400
The conflict that required the United States to protect South Korea from its invading neighbors and allies.
What is the Korean War?
400
A company that produces and sells their goods and services all over the globe and has established branches in other countries.
What is a multinational corporation?
400
Portrayed the quintessential American hero onscreen, he was a famous actor who was typically portrayed as a cowboy.
What is John Wayne?
400
This comic strip that first appeared on October 2, 1950 was created by Charles Schulz and is one of the most beloved comics around today.
What is Peanuts?
400
The name given to the southern and western states that saw a large growth in population during the 1950s.
What is the Sunbelt states?
500
The man who led an armed revolt in Cuba and took power, eventually leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
What is Fidel Castro?
500
A couple and their dependent children, regarded as a basic social unit.
What is a nuclear family?
500
The man who created the first successful and wildly used vaccine for polio.
What is Jonas Salk?
500
The popular, angst ridden star of the 1955 movie "Rebel Without a Cause" who died later the same year.
What is James Dean?
500
The plan to have three tiers of higher education: research university, state colleges, and community colleges.