APUSH 1950's

A time when children were born every 7 seconds

• baby boom
• Roaring 20's
• WW1
• WW2

The "American Dream"

• a house
• end of Cold War
• two cars in the garage
• 2.5 children

New term that surfaced in the 50's

• beatnik
• teenager
• rock music
• sex

 a descriptive term used to explain this time period

• conformity
• teenager
• beatnik
• rebel

The biggest public works project

• Brooklyn Bridge
• Interstate Highway Act
• Walt Disney World
• NYC skyscrapers

Made America more homogenous

• roads
• car
• plane
• train

Area of U.S. that grew the most in the 50's

• New England
• Mid Atlantic
• Out West
• Sunbelt states

What book was banned for it's risqué choice of topics

• Scarlet Letter
• To Kill A Mockingbird
• A Catcher in the Rye
• Uncle Tom's Cabin

What do Ben Hur, The Robe and the Ten Commandments have in common?

• They were all big hits in Hollywood
• They all depict the importance of religion in 1950's America
• They all start Charleton Heston
• They all start Marlon Brandon

The ideal American male was

• tall, African American
• white, middle class
• white, rich person
• black middle class