1950s Prosperity Vocab

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76 million Americans born 1946-1964

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Baby Boomers

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Wealth and low unemployment indicate a good economy.

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Prosperity

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Veterans received college funding and easier home loans.

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G.I. Bill

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Area between urban and rural.

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Suburbs

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Television

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A device that puts images and sounds on a screen.

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Advertising & spending

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Mass Consumerism

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Federal highways connecting major cities.

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Interstate Highway Act

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American doctor who created the first polio vaccine.

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Jonas Salk

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Beat Generation/Beatniks

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Writers and their followers who opposed 1950s culture.

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New music style using African American melodies and new instruments.

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Rock and Roll