Changes
Baby Boom and Federal Highway Act
1950s
People
Miscellaneous
100
75 cents per hour
What is the new minimum wage in 1950?
100
Eisenhower
Who passed the Federal Highway Act?
100
inventor of the injectable polio vaccine
Who is Jonas Salk?
100
subservient, moms, housewives
What was the lives of women like in the 1950s?
100
Little Richard, Chuck Berry, The Shirrells
Who are African-American singers?
200
stronger middle class, economic prosperity, suburbs, more leisure time, television
What are post WWII changes in America?
200
65 million babies born in a specific time period
What is a baby boom?
200
diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and arthritis
What are the diseases new drugs were developed for in the 1950s?
200
sidekicks, supporting actors
What were the TV roles of African-Americans like in 1950s?
200
The hypothetical financial line at which people can support themselves and their families adequately.
What is the poverty line?
300
raised wages, increased African-American rights, increased social security, national health insurance
What is Truman's Fair Deal?
300
The years of the American Baby Boom.
What are 1945-1961?
300
The first Soviet satellite
What is Sputnik?
300
perfect, respectful, obedient
What were kids expected to act like in the 1950s?
300
The King of Rock 'n' Roll
Who is Elvis Presley?
400
the instrument to change mass media
What is the television?
400
$25 billion
What is the amount of money given to the Federal Highway Act?
400
Albert Sabin
Who is the inventor of the oral polio vaccine?
400
dresses
What did girls wear in the 1950s?
400
5 million
What is number of Mexicans who came to the US through the Bracero program?
500
Levittown
What is the first suburb?
500
The length of interstate highways connecting America by the Federal Highway Act
What is 40,000 miles?
500
51%
What did African-Americans earn in comparison to white people in 1958?
500
People who wanted peace, wrote poems, played music, etc.
Who were beats?
500
teacher and building shortages
What are educational changes baby boomers caused?
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