project 1950s

rock n roll

• connected americans together

• sign of inequalities between races; parents worried about content

• caused american government to spend money on NASA and math/science education

• type of music americans enjoyed

why was Jonas salk important in 1950s

• first african american in major league

• apart from the rock n roll movement

• protested truman's civil rights policy

• developed a vaccine for polio

spending of $32 billion to build 41,000 miles of highway for people is called what

• interstate highway system

• mass media

• franchise

• modern republicanism

automobile culture impact

• an act that made no people move to the suburbs

• became more available to the people after ww2 but did not allow people to move to suburbs

• became more hard for people to move after ww2

• became more available to people after ww2 and allowed people to move to suburbs

baby boom

• the larger than expected generation in United states born shortly after ww2

• a bunch of babies died unexpectedly shorty after ww2

what caused the second red scare

• the disagreement with the soviet

• the first red scare

• growing number of soviet occupations in europe, and the communist revolution in china

• alger hiss was accused of passing secret military information to the soviet union

television helped bring about economic growth in the 1950s through its

• advertisements

• financial programs

• childrens programs

• credit cards

the post war ¨ baby boom ¨ was strongly influenced by

• general prosperity

• americans making more money than ever

• very high employment rates

• all of the above

in the 1950s mens roles usually included all of the following expect..

• going to college

• cooking,cleaning,and managing the household

• supporting their families

• making important family decisions

many parents in the 1950s had issues with elvis presley because..

• his sexualized dance moves

• all of above

• believed his music was tied to the african american race

• believed he might cause a rise in immorality amongst teenagers