1950s

Dramatic increase in birth rate, especially in the years following WWII. This was due to so many people working and making a better living.

• Baby Boom ­

• Baby Gap

• GI Bill

• Transistor

Beatnik

• an elderly person in the 1920s who suffered financial loss.

• the fact or process of converting someone or something back to a former state.

• ­ a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation.

• This was a type of music which challenged earlier music and was popular to teenagers.

William J. Levitt contributed to the growth of the suburbs by

• Mass-producing houses
• Criticizing urban life
• Designing interstate highways   
• Providing low-interest mortgage loans

These "super" structures connected multiple states across the country. Built during the Cold War in case of a nuclear attack

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Amtrak Rail System

• Interstate System

• Old Town Road

This planned communities sprang up after WWII. They were usually located outside major market cities; families would commute to work with their new luxury cars and homes were "cookie cutter" and affordable

• Suburbs

• Inner City

• Ultraburbs

• Shopping Malls

Which statement about women during and after WWII is FASLE?

• Women's roles changed after the war; going briefly back into home/caretaker roles, but returning to the work force in the later decades

• Some women assumed the traditional housewife role after WWII as men returned

• More women worked in defense factories after World War II

What new style of music did teenagers popularize during the 1950s?

• country 'n' western

• blues

• jazz

• rock 'n' roll

Examine the cartoon. What aspect of American society in the 1950s was the cartoonist making?

• high culture

• stay-at-home moms

• suburban conformity

• planned obsolescence

Singer from Memphis, Tennessee whose music awoke of generation of young people to the sounds of rock n' roll

• Elvis Presley

• Little Richard

• Bill Haley and the Comets

• James Dean

After the war, the ___?___ replaced radio and movies as the main entertainment for American families.

• television

• YouTube

• internet

• community swimming pool