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1 Post War America

2 Who are these folks? 1 2 3 4 5

3 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!

4 What can you get for $1.00?

5 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

6 Ah yes… happy days!!!…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60

7 The dangers posed by extraterrestrial life did not stop the baby boom. Year I was born…

8 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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10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEvEmkMNYHY This guy had guts…..

11 Which does not belong and Why?

12 Name these five “vehicles”. 1 2 3 4 5

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