1950s Growth
Which social class grew the most during the 1950s in America?
What is the Middle Class?
Families built these in case of a nuclear attack
What are bomb shelters?
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)
Eisenhower followed this type of domestic policy
What is moderate?
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?
During the "White Flight" this is where the whites went
Suburbs
This economic boom of the 50s raised this, the measure of people's overall wealth
What is standard of living?
Truman did not run for reelection in 1952 so the Democrats nominated....
Who is Adlai E. Stevenson?
This group attended sock hops
Who are teens?
Invented the Polio vaccine
Who is Jonas Salk?
People born from 1946 to 1964 are called this.
What are Baby Boomers?
This type of transport carried more passengers for longer distances and was perfected in the 1950s
What is air/jet travel?
The competition between the US and Soviets to launch vessels outside of our atmosphere
What is the Space Race?
This group depended on cars on a daily basis
Who are suburbanites?
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 is a means of producing goods using mechanical and electronic devices
What is automation?
This person took over after Joseph Stalin died
Who is Nikita Khrushchev?
Urban poor struggled with racial discrimination in 3 areas; name 1
What are employment, housing, and education?
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)
Families in this region were poor often because of the decline of coal mining
What is Appalachia?
This person created mass-produced housing
Who is William Levitt?
Eisenhower's most important foreign policy adviser was this secretary of state
John F. Dulles
This is known as differences of opinions between family members or people born in a different time
What is a generational gap?