Politics
Became President when FDR died.
Harry S. Truman
Area outside large cities where planned communities were built
Suburbs
Name given to the music made popular by the teens of the 1950s.
Rock and Roll
Diner's Club or American Express
First Credit Cards
Type of worker who wears a suit to work every day. White Collar or Blue Collar
White Collar
Phrase taught to school children to protect them from nuclear fallout
"Duck and Cover"
Women were expected to have this job during the 1950s.
Stay at home mother and housekeeper
Name ONE of the businesses that grew popular because of teens having use of cars. BONUS: name another for an extra 100 pts
Drive in theaters, drive in restaurants
In 1950, 9% of households had one but by 1960, 90% of all households had one.
Television
The buying of material goods
Consumerism
President known for modern Republicanism, Interstate Highways, Alaska and Hawaii
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Name of the first planned suburban community. BONUS: name its location
Levittown on Long Island, NY
Name of the singer who could only be filmed for TV from the waist up because his dancing was thought to be too sexy for TV.
Elvis Presley
Frozen meal that could be heated and eaten in front of the TV
TV dinners
Nickname for the threat of Communism taking over the USA
"Red Scare"
President known for bombing Japan during WWII, "The Buck Stops Here", and The Fair Deal
Harry S. Truman
Baby boom
Nickname of the Friday night dance teens would attend in the school gym
Sock hop
The first one of these couldn't fit on your desktop or lap. It took up an entire room.
Computer
Radioactive particles that rain to the earth after an atomic bomb explosion.
Fallout
Despite the 1950s being considered a time of prosperity, list one of the groups that were experiencing poverty. BONUS: list more.
Native Americans, Hispanics, African Americans, Appalachian whites
Advertising firms were always selling bigger and better products so that families could do this.....
"Keep up with the Joneses"
I Love Lucy
A company that sells people the same product in different locations BONUS: Name the first restaurant
Franchise McDonald's
Term for a war without actual fighting.
Cold War or Proxy War