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Post War America
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Who are these folks? 1 2 3 4 5
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In 1950 at the start of the decade Population: 151,684,000 (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census)* Unemployed: 3,288,000 Life expectancy: Women 71.1, men 65.6 Car Sales: 6,665,800 Average Salary: $2,992 Labor Force male/female: 5/2 Cost of a loaf of bread: $0.14 How can you tell when Elvis is singing a sad song? He gets the BLUES!
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What can you get for $1.00?
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Malvina Reynolds, Little Boxes (1963) Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes made of ticky tacky Little boxes on the hillside, little boxes all the same There's a green one and a pink one and a blue one and a yellow one And they're all made out of ticky tacky and they all look just the same. The Burbs Levittown, Long Island NY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJjE-UtqQdU
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Ah yes… happy days!!!…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60
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The dangers posed by extraterrestrial life did not stop the baby boom. Year I was born…
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Livin’ in a boomer’s paradise. What are they looking at? Name these two… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnbNcQlzV-4
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEvEmkMNYHY This guy had guts…..
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Which does not belong and Why?
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Name these five “vehicles”. 1 2 3 4 5
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