Numbers 1957 .03- 1 st. Class stamp .19- loaf of bread .25- issue of Sports Illustrated .35- movie ticket .50- gallon of milk (delivered)  $2.05-

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Numbers 1957  st. Class stamp .19- loaf of bread .25- issue of Sports Illustrated .35- movie ticket .50- gallon of milk (delivered)  $2.05- avg. hourly wage  $2,845- new car  $19,500- new home **************** 2010 prices today?

Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower *Cold War events *Wars *Home Life *Civil Rights events

Cold War Events  Oct. 4, Soviets launch Sputnik I, first artificial satellite to orbit the earth  U.S. creates NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)- coordinate research in rocket science & space exploration  NDEA (National Defense Education Act)- provided funds for education & training in science, math, & foreign languages Sputnik I

Cold War Events…  Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev became leader of the Soviet Union (3 years after Stalin’s death)  Jan. 31, U.S. launched its own satellite (Explorer I) from Cape Canaveral in Florida

Wars- Korean War  Eisenhower was president-elect (elected in 1952) when the armistice was signed in 1953.

Home Life  Federal Hwy. Act- $25 bil. for 10 yr. effort to build more than 40,000 miles of interstate highways  Minimum hourly wage increased from.75 to $1.00  Growth of suburbs & the Baby Boom- Between , more than 65 mil. children born in the U.S.

Home Life…  Polio vaccine developed 1955  By 1957, 40 mil. T.V. sets in use  Rock & Roll- Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Supremes 1950s TV

Civil Rights  Notes will be added later.