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