Family life
Whys it called the baby boom?
The birth rate increased during this time
What is feminine mystique?
Assumptions that women would have fulfillment by their housework, marriage, children and sexual lives.
what were the two sports that were watched/played most at this time?
football and baseball
what major states had migraters going there during the sunbelt migration?
California, texas, Florida
what type of missile was invented by both the Soviet Union and the United states?
ICBM
Would couples around this time get divorced?
No, it wasn't the social norm
What characteristics did men have to have in society to be considered masculine?
courage, bravery, competition, toughness, aggression, stoicism and independence.
did television change society then?
yes
what jobs did sunbelt states offer?
agriculture and defense jobs
this was the discovery of what important part of the human roll?
DNA
what attracted people to the suburbs?
the cost was lower than living in the city
What were the expectations for people to date?
boys were expected to be mature, respectful, impress the girl's parents, call in advance, show up on time and pay for the date, Girls were not supposed to ask a boy out, had to wait till someone came to her.
were cars a big reason for suburbanization?
yes
military and defense industries were drawn to _____ also known as a western popular state?
california
this life changing program was founded in 1958 during the cold war, what was it?
NASA
How did people's spiritual needs affect the churches?
The churches members increased
How many white collar workers were there in the 1950s?
22 million
what made rock n roll so significant?
it gave the teens then a form of identity
a ______ shift was prominent during the sunbelt migration
population
John F. Kennedy was president during what missile crisis with the ussr?
cuban missile crisis
The teens had it hard during this time why?
Parents weren't accepting of the new "term" teenager so they set strict rules for them to follow
How did the GI Bill impact the 1950s?
established hospitals, made low interest mortgages available, and created a regular salary covering the tuition and expenses for veterans attending college or trade schools.
by racially segregating kids in public schools what amendment was being violated?
14th amendment
This computer invention helped pave the way to the first computer, what was it?
hard disk drive
in 1940 the ____ became enhanced to spread communication around the nation
radio