What type of area's population grew larger than rural and urban populations for the first time in 1950?
What is a suburb?
100
1952. "____________ Becomes Queen". This former princess starts her reign as Queen of England
Who is Queen Elizabeth II?
100
This option to prevent pregnancy was invented in the 1950s.
What is the birth control pill?
100
This former first lady and activist was voted the "most widely admired woman" in America in 1958.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
100
This animated love story between two dogs from different sides of the tracks was the biggest box office hit in the 1950s.
What is Lady and the Tramp?
200
If you were born in the 1950s, you were born into a post war generation called...
Who are the Baby Boomer Generation / Baby Boom?
200
1957. "Troops Integrate Schools". In what city did this take place?
What is Little Rock, Arkansas?
200
This company created the first frozen TV dinners.
What is Swanson?
200
This beloved Argentinean first lady passed away at a young age of cervical cancer.
Who is Eva Peron?
200
This famous sports magazine was first published in 1954
What is Sports Illustrated?
300
From 1944 to 1956, this bill provided college scholarships and low interest, no money down home mortagages to veterans.
What is the GI Bill?
300
1954. "McCarthy Hearings to Be on TV". The televised investigation of this government organization led to the downfall of Senator Joe McCarthy.
What is the U.S. Army?
300
This 1950s invention is used to check levels of intoxication of drunk drivers.
What is the Breathalyzer?
300
These two sisters began beloved syndicated advice columns in the 1950s.
Who are Abigail van Buren and Ann Landers?
300
This series written by J. R. R. Tolkien was first published in 1954.
Lord of the Rings
400
President Eisenhower wanted emergency landing sites for airplanes and to connect all major cities in case the National Guard needed to mobilize, so he supported building this.
What is the Interstate system?
400
1953. "Stalin Dead". After Stalin died, this Soviet leader took his place.
Who is Kruschev?
400
This 1950's invention helped protect perfectly coiffed hairdos from wind and humidity.
What is hair spray?
400
This person became the first African American woman to win a major tennis championship.
Who is Althea Gibson?
400
After being accused of using campaign funds improperly, Nixon made a famous speech saying that he intended to keep what campaign gift?
Checkers the dog
500
This was the name given to Truman's package of legislation meant to increase minimum wage and enact a national health care program.
What is the Fair Deal?
500
1959. "Castro Seizes Cuba". Whom did Castro overthrow?
Who is Juan Batista?
500
This invention made it possible to go in and out of an entryway without touching a handle.
What is an automatic door?
500
What did Hazel Bishop create?
A kissable lipstick to start a cosmetics empire
500
J. Fred Muggs was not a person, but a monkey cohost of this show in the fifties