The fifties - 1950s -

The 1950s was a very important decade in the USA.

The country was very rich at that time and the

people were very crazy about new technology: TV

sets, washing machines and very big cars

(Cadillacs and Chryslers were very popular). The

television and the washing machine were

inventions of the fifties. The personal computer, the

cellular phone or CD player were not inventions of

the fifties

The word “teenager” was born in this period,too.

Teenagers in the 1950s were an important group,

with their opinions, music and clothes – just like

today. Jeans and leather jackets were very

popular with boys, but they weren’t popular with

girls. The fashion for girls was skirts and dresses.

Teenagers were crazy about Rock’n Roll. This

music was born in the 1950s and Elvis Presley

was the “king”.