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100
It was due to the needs of this U.S. government agency that the computer was invented.
What is the U.S. Census Bureau?
100
By 1960, 80% of American families had at least one of these.
What is a car?
100
1950s TV programming was designed to appeal to the masses and often characterized as this.
What is "middle brow"?
100
During the 1950s America was in a stalemated and frusterating war with this country.
What is North Korea?
100
A science fiction fan, Ray Bradbury is famous for these chronicles.
What are "The Martian Chronicles"?
200
This "project" is responsible for developing the A-bomb.
What is the Manhattan project?
200
It has been called "the greatest public works program in the history of the world."
What is The Interstate Highway System?
200
Westerns and this type of film were popular in the 1950s?
What are biblical epics?
200
A global superpower at the time, the United States' enemy in the Cold War.
What is the Soviet Union?
200
The title of the story that Fahrenheit 451 is based on.
What is "The Fireman"?
300
The first man-made satellite to orbit the earth?
What is Sputnik?
300
The first McDonalds hamburger sold for this.
What is 15 cents?
300
FCC Chairman Newtown Minow famously described TV this way.
What is "a vast wasteland"?
300
Eisenhower's containment policy aimed at this.
What is to limit Soviet power and Communism?
300
This company is responsible for inventing the remote control.
What is Zenith?
400
Eisenhower created this to centralize all space efforts.
What is NASA?
400
In 1956 Congress made this the national motto of the United States.
What is "In God We Trust"?
400
This type of music became popular with hits by people like lvis Presley.
What is rock n' roll?
400
He was the Communist leader of China.
Who is Mao Zedong?
400
This legendary toy was patented in 1952.
What is Mr. Potato Head?
500
Jonas Salk invented an innoculation for this deadly disease, which afflicted former President Franklin Roosevelt, in 1954.
What is polio?
500
Popular among teens, these were regulated in 13 states.
What are comic books?
500
This 1950s movie star was a prime symbol of the misfit.
Who is James Dean?
500
In his farewell address, Eisenhower referred to this "complex".
What is the military industrial complex?
500
This 1955 invention was a revolution in food preparation.
What is the microwave oven?