Cold War: Culture and Inventions

1950’S CULTURE

Match

Match the following

• Marshall Plan

• Sputnik

• Berlin Airlift

• ICBMs

• Red Scare II

Economic plan to rebuild Europe

1st satellite in space

Operation that dropped supplies into blockaded Berlin

Delivery system of satellites, nuclear and conventional warheads

Period of communist accusations in the 1950s

• Economic plan to rebuild Europe

• 1st satellite in space

• Operation that dropped supplies into blockaded Berlin

• Delivery system of satellites, nuclear and conventional warheads

• Period of communist accusations in the 1950s

Match

Match the following

• 38

• Containment

• McCarthyism

• NATO

• Satellite Nations

Parallel that divides Korea

Policy regarding how the US will deal with Communism

Accusations of Communist spies in the Senate

Military alliance of Western nations

All the countries in the USSR besides Russia

• Parallel that divides Korea

• Policy regarding how the US will deal with Communism

• Accusations of Communist spies in the Senate

• Military alliance of Western nations

• All the countries in the USSR besides Russia

Babies born 1948-1955 exceeded the previous 30 years.

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Baby Boom

1946-1964

JONAS SALK (POLIO)

 Polio was a crippling disease for children

 Did not show indications at birth

 Many placed in leg braces and the “Iron Lung”

 Attack nervous system and muscles

 Jonas Salk develops the first vaccine

​"If you wanna walk, go see Salk"

THE TEENAGER

 With the growth of the Middle Class, teenagers were

no longer focused on working to support the family

 High Schools were constructed at a rapid pace to

accommodate the high number of students

 High Schools became the center of the teenage

culture, along with dances, drive-ins, diners, rock and
roll, cars, and television

THE TEENAGER

ROCK AND ROLL

ROCK AND ROLL

 Rock and Roll originates from a combination of

African-American genres (blues, boogie woogie,
gospel) and Western Swing/Country music

 Innovators such as Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis

grew up around places where African-Americans
performed

 They incorporated these influences into their

songs and records.

Grew up in Tupelo, Mississippi

Graceland home in Memphis, TN

Sold up to 1 billion records

​​Elvis Presley

​Grew up in eastern Louisiana

Rock and Roll's first wildman

Married his 13yo 1st cousin

Arrested for trying to "shoot" Elvis in 1976

​​Jerry Lee Lewis

HOUND DOG:
BIG MAMA THORNTON VS. ELVIS PRESLEY

ROCK AND ROLL

Jerry Lee Lewis

INVENTIONS

 Microchip

 Pocket sized transistor radio (Sony)

 Hovercraft

 In-Flight recorders

 Color Television

 Fender guitars

 Built-In flash cameras

 Mr. Potato Head

➢ Computer Hard disks
➢ Super Glue
➢ Wireless TV remote control
➢ Velcro
➢ First 3D movie
➢ Double Helix of DNA
➢ Saran Wrap

NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT
1958

 Championed by President Eisenhower

 Provided funding for a focus in the arts of Mathematics

and Science

 Essentially, the U.S. needed to produce advanced-

educated students to combat advances made by the
Soviet Union

Modeled after Hitler's Autobahn, Eisenhower saw the advantages during WWII

The Highway Act led to even more growth of the suburbs

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​Interstate Highway Act 1956

Match

Match the following

• National Defense Act

• Interstate Highway Act

• Polio

• Baby Boom

• Rock and Roll

Law that put emphasis on Math and Science

Law that built the Highway system

Horrible virus that made kids unable to walk

Largest period of births in American History

New type of music that dominated the 50s

• Law that put emphasis on Math and Science

• Law that built the Highway system

• Horrible virus that made kids unable to walk

• Largest period of births in American History

• New type of music that dominated the 50s