1950s



 //__Popular Clothing Trends:__ // **Skirts:** Poodle skirts were very popular in the fifties. It is a wide swing skirt with a fabric poodle placed on the right bottom part of the skirt. . Another type of skirt was the pencil skirt! No wardrobe was complete without a pencil skirt. Pencil skirts are long below the knee and not wide as the poodle skirts are. They're very tight together to your legs.
 * __Pop it, Lock it, Polk-a-Dot it…__ **
 * __The 1950’s!__ **
 * American Culture: **
 * Leather Jackets: ** Leather jackets were very famous for teenage boys during the 50's. Although it was expensive, the leather jackets helped them attract girls so in the end it was worth it.

 Popular Culture of the 1950s (1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> //<span style="font-size: 70%; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Hairstyles: //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 70%; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif;">50's hairstyles were soft and curly (using pin curling and rollers)Lady's often tied their hair in a ponytail and circled it with a pink chiffon scarfThey sometimes used hairspray in their hair, since they didn't have blow dryers at the time.A hairstyle called the "poodle cut" was from the poodle frenzy of the Fifties. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 70%; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif;">The haircut would be called the "ducktail" or more commonly known as the DA. Guys that were rebels would use this hairstyle. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Georgia, serif;">//<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Inventions: //
 * <span style="font-size: 70%; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Women: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-size: 70%; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Men: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Breeder Reactor ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> - 1951 USA Converted Uranium to Plutonium
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Computer Modem ** - 1958 USA
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Credit Card ** - 1950 USA by Ralph Schneider
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Hydrogen Bomb ** - 1952 USA by Edward Teller's team
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Microchip ** - 1958 USA by Jack Kilby
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Robot ** - 1954 USA by George C Devol Jr
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Solar Cell ** - 1954 USA Or Photovoltaic cells
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Transistor Radio ** - 1953 USA Texas Instruments
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Video Recorder ** - 1956 USA
 * <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Video Tape ** - 1956 USA (2)

(1) [] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: Georgia, serif;">(2) [] //__<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Top Ten 50's Rock n' Roll Party Tunes: __// <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1. Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog - Elvis Presley 2. Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis 3. Maybellene - Chuck Berry 4. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard 5. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry 6. Rock and Roll Music - Chuck Berry 7. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins 8. Do You Want To Dance - Bobby Freeman 9. Book Of Love - Monotones 10. Rockin Robin - Bobby Day (3 <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">)

//__<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Television __//
===<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-Became prominent in the 1950s and saw a steady increase in amount of television watched per household. ===

<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-In 1954 color broadcasts were introduced.
===<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-Sitcoms were shown such as “I Love Lucy”, “Lassie”, and “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.” === ===<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">-Edward R. Murrow began his nationwide World News program. (4) ===

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===<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(3) [] === <span style="font-size: 22pt; color: #00b0f0; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">media type="youtube" key="wbiofcuTZBo" height="364" width="445" <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #943634; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">(4) [] **<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #943634; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Let’s Talk Economics: **

**<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">* **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">United States in 1950 consisted of the benefits of a growing economy – benefits that came from the country’s participation in the War. //__<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">Statistics __//
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">* **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">World War II gave industries the opportunity to open due to the necessary materials pre and post war effort. It created job openings and “energized the nation.”
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">* **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">Industries that prospered during and after the war were the newspaper industry, the agriculture industry and Hollywood.
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">* **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">Women were given the opportunity to work outside their homes and participate in directly helping the nation. (1)

<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">1950- Labor force was about 58 million strong. 5.3 percent of the labor force was unemployed. 41.6 million Of the labor force at that time were males 17.34 million were females. (1) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> ==//__<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 16pt; color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Money of the 1950's __//== <span style="color: #634320; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> **<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;">* **<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;">$100 Converted from 1950 is equivalent to $835.41 today <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;">*

“In 1950 a new house cost // $8,450.00 // and by 1959 was // $12,400.00 // In 1950 the average income per year was // $3,210.00 // and by 1959 was // $5,010.00 // In 1950 a gallon of gas was // 18 cents // and by 1959 was // 25 cents // In 1950 the average cost of new car was // $1,510.00 // and by 1959 was // $2,200.00” //  (2) <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> (1)  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[|http://ezinearticles.com/?Economic-Status-of-the-United-States-in-1950&]<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #333333; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','sans-serif'; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> [|id=1565016] <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> (2)  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-ansi-language: EN;">[]

<span style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(148,54,52); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"> **//__Politics:__//** //__<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">Presidents __// <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">1945-1952: **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">Harry S. Truman ** -Endorsed creation of the hydrogen bomb and sent air force and navy to Korea in June 1950. (1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">1953-1961: **<span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">Dwight D. Eisenhower ** (October 1890-March 1969) <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">- <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51,51,51); line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"> Attemted to reduce the strains of the Cold War. In 1953, signed peace treaty to bring truce along border of South Korea. - Eisenhower concentrated on maintaining world peace. -Also, emphasizing importance of military strength. -Stated **<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(51,51,51); line-height: 115%;">" ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">There must be no second class citizens in this country." **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;"> (4)

(1) <span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;">[|http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/ decade50.html] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

__//Religion://__
<span style="display: block; font-size: 70%; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"> //__<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Event Timeline __//
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The religious upsurge that followed World War II continued into the 1950s
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Interest in religion was so high in the United States that optimists talked of a new awakening
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Some critics questioned if religion would actually create more peace or controversy
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">By 1960 an astonishing 63.6 percent of the population was affiliated with some religious group

<span style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> ·  <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">Lead to **McCarthyism** - intense anti-Communists sentiments. (2) <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> -Supreme Court ruled racial segregation unconstitutional in school systems. //__<span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Cold War: __//
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1950 **<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">- Korean War begins, highlighting the Cold War (2)
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1952 **<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">- Immigration and Naturalization Act- Stated there was no racial and ethnic <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">qualifications when applying for U.S. Citizenship.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1953 **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">- Korean War ends.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1954 **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">- <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif';">Senator Joseph McCarthy – made accusations that the State Department was filled with Communists.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1955- **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Rosa Parks makes a statement by refusing to give up her seat on the public bus. (2)
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1959- **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th states. (1)

<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">-Primarily between the US and USSR after WW II. *These two powers greatly distrusted one another. -America did not get physically involved in the war. -Resulted in many international crises (Berlin Wall, Vietnam, Cuban Missiles) -Introduced many weapons of mass destruction. //<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">*At the time of the Cold War, America was: // <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> -Free Elections, democratic, capitalistic, believed in “survival of the fittest,” richest world power, had personal freedom and freedom for the media. (3) //__<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Education: __// <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> -  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Until 1954, an official policy of "separate but equal" educational opportunities for blacks had been determined to assure the children of America had a quality education. <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> -  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1954-Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote in Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas that separate facilities for blacks did not make those facilities equal according to the Constitution <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> -  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Integration was begun across the nation <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> -  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1956-Autherine J.Lucy successfully enrolled in the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> -  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">1957-Elizabeth Eckford was the first black teenager to enter then all-white Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> -  <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Integration took place quietly in most towns, but it was obvious that public opinion on this issue was divided (1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">

<span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;"> (2)  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[] <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #943634; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> <span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> (3)  <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">[] <span style="color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> (4)  <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">[]
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #943634; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">Globalization: **

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #002060; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #002060; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Americans of all races, ethnic backgrounds, sex etc. began expressing their constitutional rights in America. Segregation began to disappear as more and more minorities stood up for themselves (ex. Rosa Parks 1955). **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #002060; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">War brought the United States closer together as the efforts to succeed banded all types of people. Women were able to offer their work and service and directly helped America, rather than staying at home. **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #002060; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The economy boomed as businesses and industries had the chance to offer their services to the war and more and more people were given job opportunity. America was put at the top of the world’s strongest powers as it continued to establish itself as an all around strong nation. **
 * <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #943634; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">QUESTIONS: **

**<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #943634; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">A. 16 million B. 17 million C. 18 million D. 20 million **<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #943634; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0,0,0); line-height: 18px;"> A. 1956 B. 1967 C. 1954 D. 1955 TRUE or FALSE ** **<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #943634; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">A. 1959 B. 1957 C. 1958 D. 1960 **<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #943634; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">A. Desert Storm B.Vietnam War C. Panic of 1892 D. Korean War
 * <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #943634; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> 1. About how many million women were part of the work force in 1950?
 * <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #943634; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style'; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> 2. In what year did Chief Justice Earl Warren write in Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas?
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #943634; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"> How did the advances in technology (television, radio, satellite etc.) help/relate to the nationalization/ globalization of American politics and economics? <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #943634; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;">