TOYS
Fashion Model doll
Barbie
Became President when FDR died.
Harry S. Truman
Area outside large cities where planned communities were built
Suburbs
Name given to the music made popular by the teens of the 1950s.
Rock and Roll
Diner's Club or American Express
First Credit Cards
Type of worker who wears a suit to work every day.
White Collar
Mini small collectible cars
Matchbox Cars
Phrase taught to school children to protect them from nuclear fallout
"Duck and Cover"
Women were expected to have this job during the 1950s.
Stay at home mother and housekeeper
Name ONE of the businesses that grew popular because of teens having use of cars.
Drive in theaters, drive in restaurants
In 1950, 9% of households had one but by 1960, 90% of all households had one.
Television
The buying of material goods
Consumerism
Round plastic throwing disc. Originally a metal pie pan
Frisbee
President known for modern Republicanism, Interstate Highways, Alaska and Hawaii
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Name of the first planned suburban community.
Levittown
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
Frozen meal that could be heated and eaten in front of the TV
TV dinners
Nickname for the threat of Communism taking over the USA
"Red Scare"
Name one of two types of building blocks
LEGO or Lincoln Logs
President known for bombing Japan during WWII, "The Buck Stops Here", and The Fair Deal
Harry S. Truman
Baby boom
Nickname of the Friday night dance teens would attend in the school gym
Sock hop
The first one of these couldn't fit on your desktop or lap. It took up an entire room.
Computer
Radioactive particles that rain to the earth after an atomic bomb explosion.
Fallout
Name one of 4 forms of transportation
Schwinn Bicycle, skateboard, roller skates, Flexible Flyer Sled
Despite the 1950s being considered a time of prosperity, list one of the groups that were experiencing poverty.
Native Americans, Hispanics, African Americans, Appalachian whites
Advertising firms were always selling bigger and better products so that families could do this.....
"Keep up with the Joneses"
I Love Lucy
A company that sells people the same product in different locations and an example
Franchise
Term for a war without actual fighting.
Cold War or Proxy War