50's+Happy+Days?

 That's a great question, don't you think? We will answer it in class on Thursday in a (hopefully) fun activity, but to prepare, we should do a little background reading and watching. R**ead "The Fifties" in __Creating America__ (28-3, pp. 800-803), read over the ABC-CLIO links posted below, and w****atch the videos below.** 
 * FOR HOMEWORK, CREATE A LIST (IN YOUR ONLINE NOTEBOOK) OF POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES CONCERNING LIFE IN THE FIFTIES FOR CLASS ON THURSDAY. WE WILL USE IT TO WRITE SOME DIALOGUE ...**

[|The Cold War at Home] / [|The Economy Booms] / [|The Sky is the Limit] / [|Boom-Time for Babies and Houses]

__Positive__
 * The economy was booming, and Americans began to have more children which was called the baby boom.
 * The growth of suburbs began which had much better living conditions and was considered by the American dream.
 * Because of suburbs, car sales exploded.
 * The movement of people to the sunbelt increased the population of warmer states of South and Southwest.
 * Business was booming for goods that consumers could fill their houses with items like dish washer, washing machines, clothes dryers, and vacuum cleaners
 * 9 out of 10 households owned a T.V.
 * Antibiotics and vaccines were used more often to treat disease.
 * The looming threat of Polio was removed from american lives because of the vaccines.
 * Tried to get into space by putting satellites in spaces

__Negative__


 * in 1957, nearly one out of every five americans lived in poverty.
 * Since moving to suburbs, fewer people remained in the city to pay taxes for such services as garbage collection, firefighting, and road repair which affect by urban decay were blacks and latinos.
 * Discrimination towards other races other than white.
 * Mexicans immigrated to the U.S.A illegally.
 * Even if Mexicans came over by the bracero, or temporary work program, they suffered from low wages, harsh living and working conditions.
 * Some women felt bored or isolated and women had isolated jobs.
 * Mass hysteria grew about Nuclear bombs and being invaded by USSR.
 * Came in 2nd to the Russians when the Russians successfully put the Sputnik in space.


 * An overview of the Red Scare and McCarthyism**

The "Duck and Cover" video - 1950 classic - a must watch

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 * Some more 1950s Cold War propaganda - giggles **

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