1950s American Life and Culture

Politics

100

Became President when FDR died.

Harry S. Truman

200

Phrase taught to school children to protect them from nuclear fallout

"Duck and Cover"

300

President known for modern Republicanism, Interstate Highways, Alaska and Hawaii

Dwight D. Eisenhower

400

President known for bombing Japan during WWII, "The Buck Stops Here", and The Fair Deal

Harry S. Truman

500

Despite the 1950s being considered a time of prosperity, list one of the groups that were experiencing poverty. BONUS: list more.

Native Americans, Hispanics, African Americans, Appalachian whites

Women, House, and Home

100

Area outside large cities where planned communities were built

Suburbs

200

Women were expected to have this job during the 1950s.

Stay at home mother and housekeeper

300

Name of the first planned suburban community.  BONUS: name its location

Levittown on Long Island, NY

400

Term for the huge amount of babies that were born between 1946 and 1965.

Baby boom

500

Advertising firms were always selling bigger and better products so that families could do this.....

"Keep up with the Joneses"

POP Culture

100

Name given to the music made popular by the teens of the 1950s.

Rock and Roll

200

Name ONE of the businesses that grew popular because of teens having use of cars. BONUS: name another for an extra 100 pts

Drive in theaters, drive in restaurants

300

Name of the singer who could only be filmed for TV from the waist up because his dancing was thought to be too sexy for TV.

Elvis Presley

400

Nickname of the Friday night dance teens would attend in the school gym

Sock hop

500

TV show that starred a wacky Red Head and her Cuban husband Ricky. 

I Love Lucy

Technology/Inventions

100

Diner's Club or American Express

First Credit Cards

200

In 1950, 9% of households had one but by 1960, 90% of all households had one.

Television

300

Frozen meal that could be heated and eaten in front of the TV

TV dinners

400

The first one of these couldn't fit on your desktop or lap. It took up an entire room.

Computer

500

A company that sells people the same product in different locations BONUS: Name the first restaurant

 Franchise      McDonald's

Vocabulary

100

Type of worker who wears a suit to work every day. White Collar or Blue Collar

White Collar

200

The buying of material goods

Consumerism

300

Nickname for the threat of Communism taking over the USA

"Red Scare"

400

Radioactive particles that rain to the earth after an atomic bomb explosion.

Fallout

500

Term for a war without actual fighting.

Cold War or Proxy War