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

2 VP Richard Nixon

3 NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV Video Clip

4 NATO

5 U-2 PLANE CRASH

6 ATOMIC BOMB

7 SPUTNIK 1 & 2

8

9 Televisions Age I LOVE LUCY HONEYMOONERS THEN & NOW

10 Rock ‘N Roll CHUCK BERRY FAT’S DOMINO

11 Rock ‘N Roll ELVIS PRESLEY

12 UNIVAC

13 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

14 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

15 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

16 Movie Rebels James Dean

17 BEATNIKS

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

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