The 1950sKailyn Webb

Cody CrawfordKayla Wilson

Brittany Garner

Headlines • 1950 –

approval for atom bomb

• 1951- WWII officially ends

• 1952- Eisenhower is elected & polio vaccine is made

• 1953- Rosenberg's are executed for espionage

Headlines • 1954- Segregation

ruled illegal in the U.S.• 1955- McDonalds

Corporation is founded & the Warsaw Pact is started

• 1957- Sputnik is launched

• 1959- Castro becomes dictator of Cuba

Headlines

Pop Culture• Drive-in

movies• Television• Smokey the

Bear• 3-d glasses• Hula Hoops• Barbie• Hugh Hefner

and Playboy

• Elvis and Rock n’ Roll

• McDonalds• Davy Crockett and

Disney• Baseball• Dr. Seuss• Peanuts comic strip• Consumer age• NASA

POP CULTURE

FashionMen:

• Hats• Blue jeans• Checked shirts• “Teddy Boy Style”-

string tie, draped jacket, and gaudy waistcoat• Bermudas

FashionWomen:

• Very 1930s- hats, gloves, pearls

• Blue jeans • Checked shirts and

skirts• Sloppy sweaters• Suede shoes• Floral prints• Poodle Skirts • Cat-eye Glasses

Music • Rock ‘n Roll is developed from a blend of

Southern blues and gospel music with an added strong back beat, this type of music was popular with teenagers.• Popular Artist- • Bill Haley,•  Elvis Presley, • Jerry Lee Lewis,  • Alan Freed and the Big Bopper

Natural Disasters• Influenza pandemic

–Scientist identified the specific strain

•1955 Los Angles Heat Wave –Caused mass chaos

technology• Us artificial satellite completes its

first orbit around earth• By 1950, 5,000,000 television sets

were purchased• Paper mates 1st leak proof pen was

invented• The first copy machine was invented

Technology

inventions• Bell laboratones develops the

photovolic cell, to transform sunlight into visible electricity• Bird diaper invented by

bertha dlugi in 1956. the diaper allowed her bird to fly freely without making a stinky mess.• In 1959, sauders rose created

a hovercraft also known as Britain's flying saucer.

transportation• Station wagon

• The average car cost $1,180 in 1959• The first car made was the

ford edsel• Chrysler creates the first car

with power steering

sports• Joe Louis loses his world heavyweight

championship to Rocky Marciano in 1951.• In 1953, the new York Yankees won their

fifth straight world series.• American Bowling Congress desegregates

and allows blacks and females into their leagues.• Great women athletes played in the All-

American Girls Professional Baseball League.

Literature • Navalist and

poetry was very popular

• Literature reflected '50s Happy Days and cultural self-doubt about conformity and the true worth of American values.

• Popular Works- Catcher in the

Rye by J.D Salinger

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Slaughterhouse- Five by Kurt Vonhegut

entertainment• “I love Lucy” was the

top-rated show of the decade

• The Mickey mouse club was a phenomenon

• Disneyland opened in California on July 17, 1955.

• Marilyn Monroe was an actress and model that every girl envied.

• The cat in the hat was a book for beginners

• Scrabble was a game that helped people’s spelling skills while they were having fun.

• Barbies were every girl’s favorite toy because they came with cars, mansions, and clothes.

Entertainment• Drive-in theaters

• Music – rock n’ roll, pop, jazz

• Science fiction books

• 3-d movies• Silly putty and Mr.

Potato Head • Bowling• Western shows were

popular• Musicals

Entertainment

Changing Roles • More women entered factory jobs • By 1935 35% of adult women were

working.• Teenagers started to test their

boundaries • They began to challenge authority

and social environment.

Communication • The inventions of the radio and the

television greatly increased communication.

• Color television was introduced • Broadcast networks starting

streaming in higher qualities• The first Satellite was launched

Sitcom