Other Events Interesting Events NOT Directly Related to the Cold Was But Occurred During the Time Period.

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Other Events Interesting Events NOT Directly Related to the Cold Was But Occurred During the Time Period

VP Richard Nixon

NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV Video Clip

NATO

U-2 PLANE CRASH

ATOMIC BOMB

SPUTNIK 1 & 2

Televisions Age I LOVE LUCY HONEYMOONERS THEN & NOW

Rock ‘N Roll CHUCK BERRY FAT’S DOMINO

Rock ‘N Roll ELVIS PRESLEY

UNIVAC

Dr. Spock Babies BABY BOOM Why? Decreased Marriage Age Confidence in the Economy Advances in medicine Ex: Cure for polio (Dr. Jonas Saulk) Dr. Spock Babies

LEVITTOWNS Built by William Levitt Subdivisions built in a assembly line fashion Houses could be purchased for less than some cars Blacks not allowed to purchase homes

AUTOMOBILES People used them to move to suburbs Upper & Middle class move out the cities By 1960: 60 million cars on the road Interstate Highway Act built 41,000 miles of expressways

Movie Rebels James Dean

BEATNIKS

Franchises first start in the 1950’s McDonalds was one of the

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