1. 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- avg. hourly wage  $2,845- new car  $19,500- new home **************** 2010 prices today?

2. 1953-1961 Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower *Cold War events *Wars *Home Life *Civil Rights events

3. Cold War Events  Oct. 4, 1957- 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

4. Cold War Events…  1956- Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev became leader of the Soviet Union (3 years after Stalin’s death)  Jan. 31, 1958- U.S. launched its own satellite (Explorer I) from Cape Canaveral in Florida http://www.archive.org/details/1959-03-05_Big_3_and_Berlin

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

6. Home Life  1956- 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 1945-1961, more than 65 mil. children born in the U.S.

7. 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 http://www.archive.org/details/Uncondit1956

8. Civil Rights  Notes will be added later.