1950s Growth
Which social class grew the most during the 1950s in America?
What is the Middle Class?
This is an example of a product that Americans families commonly bought in the 1950s. (There are many possible answers for this one)
What are cars, vacuums, TVs, Waffle irons, grills, etc.?
(Consumer Products)
Lots of these were being built by the government in 1956 in order to make travel between states, towns, and cities easier
What are highways? (Freeways or roads are also acceptable)
Most growing families in the 1950s were trying to move out of these areas.
What are urban or city areas?
Elvis Presley was the “King” of this new music genre
What is Rock'n'Roll?
What is used to fight viruses and diseases?
What are vaccines?
A lot of families began moving to the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Florida. What is this region called?
What is the Sun Belt?
This new technology of the 1950s made living in the Southern U.S. states of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Florida much easier.
What is air conditioning?
This form of home entertainment was becoming much more affordable in the 1950s
What are TVs?
Someone that commits a crime and is not over 18 is called this.
What is a Juvenile Delinquent or Juvenile Delinquency?
What kind of medicine is used to treat infections?
What are Antibiotics?
People born from 1945 to 1965 are called this.
What are Baby Boomers?
What was the national motto that is placed on all of our money and why was it created?
What is "In God we Trust" and it was created to separate the United States from communist nations that either rejected or restricted religion
The rise of televisions in many American households meant that this industry began growing greatly.
What is advertising?
A kind of non-conformist that word different clothes, rejected consumer society, smoke cigarettes, wore berets, and wrote poetry.
Who are Beatniks?
These are two things that the G.I. Bill allowed veterans to do.
What are low rate mortgages, education grants (money) to pay for college, and medical care?
Most families could focus on this since WWII was over.
What is starting a family or having kids?
This kind of job began to decrease in the Rust Belt, also known as the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
What are factory jobs?
This industry began to decline since more households had a television.
What are Theaters?
This is the name for the kind of person in that follows the rules of society strictly and tries to make their life appear normal.
What is a Conformist or Conformity?
Society began to transition to this, all about buying new products.
What is a consumer society? (All about buying the next best item or thing) (We see this a lot with phones or cars now)
These were two of the reasons why families were able to afford new homes.
What are low mortgage rates and cheap, affordable housing? (Would also accept many new houses being built)
This industry grew due to a result of larger families
What is agriculture?
Most new houses were being built in these kinds of areas close to cities.
What are suburban areas?
This is known as differences of opinions between family members or people born in a different time
What is a generational gap?