The Fabulous 50s

a difference in attitudes and opinions of people from different generations

industry(ies) that boomed because of the Federal Highway Act and the new car culture

the Soviet Leader after Josef Stalin's death

opened as a small hamburger stand in 1955 and is now in 120 countries around the world

Soviet and U.S. competition to see who could develop more atomic weapons

opened its doors in 1955 and welcomed over 1 million visitors in year one

became our 49th and 50th states in 1959

the new 1950s music that kids loved and parents feared because of its bad "influence"

the U.S.'s "policy" with the Soviet Union to compete but to avoid war

the famous WWII general who became president after Harry Truman (We "like" him) :)

rock'n'roll artist whose swinging hips banned him from being filmed below the waist

This term means wealth, which was characteristic of the 1950s.

the first satellite (Soviet) put into space

a large plastic ring that that could be twirled around the waist (famous in the 50s)

refers to the period of increased birth rates in the 1950s

took a famous bus ride in 1955 that helped to begin a fight for civil rights

created 40,000 miles of new roads, connecting one end of the country to the other

disease that was eradicated by Jonas Salk in 1952