US Economy
Many franchises grew in the 1950s. Describe what a franchise is?
A company that offers similar services in different locations.
What was the Baby-Boom?
Massive increase in American population in the 1950s.
What modern day business technique of attempting to get the public to purchase an item had a fast growing industry in the 1950s?
Advertising
Who was the King of Rock and Roll?
Elvis Presley
What is a generation gap?
A gap between mother and child over music taste.
In the 1950s, nearly 60% of americans were in what social class?
Middle class
Of the 13 million homes, ____% of houses were built in suburbs in the 1950s?
85%
Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin created a vaccine for what disease in the 1950s?
Polio
Young Americans Rebelled against ___ and were stereotyped to enjoy controversial style, music, and literature?
Adult Society
What were the juvenile delinquents called in the 1950s?
Greasers
In the 1950s, personal debt (Increased/Decreased) by how many times?
Increased 3x
At its height, a baby was born in America every how many seconds?
Seven seconds
By 1960, over _____ (millions) Americans owned automobiles.
60 million
Who were Beatniks?
Young Americans who shunned work, did drugs, and sought understanding from Buddhism.
In what following was there a missive increase of int he 1950s?
The KKK
Homes by William Levitt could be built in ___ minutes for only $___
16; $7000
Give 2 reasons why the Baby Boom happened.
Husbands coming back from war;
Decreasing marriage rate;
Advances in medicine;
Increased minimum wage;
Desirability of bigger families
Why, initially, were highways created?
To bring military supplies and missiles to bases as fast as possible.
Who were the Beats?
Young artists and authors who desired a change in social norms and highlighted values gap in the US.
What did the GI Bill do?
Provided veterans with loans for homes and college.
Describe what a blue collar and white collar job is and give 2 examples of each.
Blue collar- manual labor
White collar- Job which can be performed typically at an office and do not get dirty
What was the name of the part of New York where many homes were built in the suburbs?
Levittown
In 1956, congress passed the _____ Act? (regarding the highways)
Federal Highway Act
Alan Freed got permission to play African American rhythm and blues on the radio which he named ____?
Rock and Roll
How many miles of interstate highways were constructed?
40,000 miles