Television
Television helped ruin the reputation of this politician in 1954.
Who is McCarthy?
The US population was shifting to the warmer southern and western portions of the United States, known as this.
What is the Sunbelt?
These were similar to tubes but with the advantage of being smaller and more durable.
What are transistors?
President Eisenhower long favored the construction of this, which would be a 40,000 mile network of high speed roads.
What is the interstate highway system?
By 1959, this many Americans owned a TV set.
What is 40 million?
This famous suburb was built in a potato field east of New York City.
What was Levittown?
Early computers weighed roughly this much.
What is 30,000 pounds?
1952 was the worst year for polio, with this many Americans diagnosed.
What is 57,000?
This hit TV show featured young people dancing to popular songs.
What was American Bandstand?
This law helped people finance the purchase of a home through the government.
What was the GI Bill?
His invention/discovery of the polio vaccine was arguably the most important invention of the decade.
Who is Jonas Salk?
This Vice Presidential Candidate used TV to his advantage in 1952.
Who is Richard Nixon?
In the late 1950s, Congress held hearings about a controversy involving this kind of TV show.
What was a Game Show?
5 million people moved to this state during the 1950s.
What is California?
This is a fancy name for the 1950s invention of the computer chip.
What are integrated circuits?
This is the approximate number of babies born during the baby boom.
What is 65 million?
This magazine began publishing in the 1950s to help people keep track of their favorite programs?
What was TV Guide?
The invention of this appliance contributed to people moving to the west and south.
What is an air conditioner?
The first computer available for commercial purchase was called this.
What is UNIVAC?
Economist John Galbraith described America in the 1950s as the ___________ society, but this wasn't meant as a compliment.
What is "affluent"?