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One of the most popular shows in the 50s on the television was I Love Lucy

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It was a satellite launched by the Soviet Union on October 4th, 1957. It was the first artificial Earth satellite.  It burned up after orbiting the Earth for three months.

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After WWII the baby boom started. It lasted 18 years and the peak was in 1957, by the end of the 50’s 50 million babies were brought into this world.

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Margaret Olson The Marshall plan was also known as the European Recovery Program.  The Marshall Plan sent out to 13 billion dollars to help the recovery of the European recovery.

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An American initiative to aid Western Europe. In which the US gave $13 billion dollars in economic assistance.

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Zack wallraff

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Elvis Presley was the biggest Rock & Roll singers in the Rock & Roll era. It started off with his first hit song, “Heartbreak Hotel”.

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The baby boom was a time when 76 million baby’s were born.

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In this plan the United States gave nearly 13 billion dollars to Western European Nations.

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During WW2 and after WW2 the unemployment rate dropped like crazy so more people have and had the money to pay and support their babies.

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A plan to try to rebuild Western Europe by giving them 13 billion dollars. Noah Erickson

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Aidan Oakman
The Korean conflict lasted from June 25th 1950 to July 27th 1953 and claimed 36,914 lives.

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The iron curtain is where the government is hiding what is really going on in the world from the Public

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The iron curtain is where the government is hiding what is really going on in the world from the Public

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Jack young

Economic aid to help rebuild Western Europe

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Was the divider between the eastern bloc the western bloc of the Cold War. The first person to Really say it was Winston Churchill at west minister college in Fulton missouri.

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The largest recipient of money was Great Britain receiving about 26% of the total.

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It was a type of music that was very popular for the younger generation.

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Ben-It was an American initiative to aid Western Europe

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There were 3 major broadcasters in the 50’s. ABC, CBS and NBC.

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The Soviet Union blocked the allies railway and canal access . Then the western allies created the Berlin aircraft.

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The Berlin Airlift lasted for over a year from 1948-1949. Air crews from many different countries including the USA, Great Britain, and South Africa were dropping supplies for the people of Berlin after the Berlin Blockade. They provided almost 9,000 tons of necessities each day for citizens.

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The baby boom was a stage after ww2 and was during the 1950s.people had to move into bigger homes because they had a bigger family.

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Margaret Olson The suburbs were made for when the veterans can back from WW2. Levittown company developed large neighborhoods in the suburbs with lots of houses.

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The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose purpose was to end Soviet expansion. Harry S. Truman was the first person to present it to congress on March, 12, 1947.

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People mainly moved to the suburbs because of the inexpensive cost and the baby boom played a pretty big part and the suburbs are on the outskirts of cities and close to work.

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Iron Curtain by Emilio Villasenor (this is litty)

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Iron Curtain by Emilio Villasenor (this is litty)

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The iron curtain consisted of Poland, Eastern Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, and the Soviet Union which protected the USSR from attacks.

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The “Truman Doctrine” was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War

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Rock and roll was a new type a music in the 50’s. The new music was a mix of country, blues and jazz.

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There were many major tv shows in the 50’s on of which was Gunsmoke. Gunsmoke was a western themed show that stared James Arness

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Rock and Roll is combination of African american and country music. It didn't get its name till 1954 with Elvis being its most recognisable icon.

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They were affordable homes that were in urban areas.

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The Marshall plan

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The Marshall plan was a plan to give 13 billion dollars to Western Europe to rebuild their country after the war

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Western allies provided Berlin with supplies

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The Marshall plan sent out 13 billion to aid Western Europe

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Maci Miller

Father knows best is an American sitcom. The first episode was in 1956 and the last episode was in 1960.

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The baby boom occurred from 1946-1964 when all the veterans were coming home from WW2.

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The Truman Doctrine become a metaphor of anti-communism in the United States. Truman wanted to aid Greece and Turkey as they were non-communist countries, and there was a civil war in Greece. King George the second of Greece, was opposed by communists in the Greek Civil War.

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Dividing Europe into 2 different areas.

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The baby boom lasted 1946-1964. 77 million children were born in this time period.

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*The objective of the marshal plan was the help European economies reconstruct after the Second World War(fun fact it was also called the European recovery program) Also it was the prevent the spread of communism
*The American government sent 13 billion dallers to European country’s to help fix the economic dipretion/problems caused by the ww2
*This lasted from 1948 to 1951
*Also this plan was successful,in reaching its objective by restoring European econs and preventing the spread of communism

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As the new genre of music grew in popularity among the Baby Boomers, it created a subculture that still exists today. For example, besides listening to music, a fan’s leisure time may be spent buying new records, or reading about a favourite band member in an article. -Maddie B.

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Some of the goals of the Marshall Plan were to rebuild war-torn regions, remove trade barriers, modernize industry, improve European prosperity, and prevent the spread of communism.

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The Truman doctorine was a plan to stop the soviet expansion during the Cold War

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Ben-An American foreign policy whose purpose was to counter soviet expansion.

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A huge Rock-Roll icon of the 50’s known for many songs like Jailhouse Rock

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The baby boom was an increase in birth rate after WW2

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Tv was a very popular thing people would do many family’s would have family dinner in front of the tv.

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Elvis was the Rock n Roll “King”.

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After the war, people had the opportunity to get back to normal and advance in life. For example buying a house for you and your family, or buying a new car. And these houses were close together.

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After the war and the Berlin Blockade US sent over millions of supplies to Berlin. It was also difficult because of Berlin’s population.

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Buddy Holly was an American songwriter, musician, and record producer in the mid 50’s. But then died in a plane crash in 1959.

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A television show about the 1950’s (although made after the decade had passed) represents the ideas of the era, comprising the culture of the time to give the Baby Boomers nostalgia of a time passed. ‘Happy Days’ follows the protagonist Riche and his family- and was a hit show in it’s time. -Maddie B.

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In response to the soviet blockade into West Berlin the United States began giving massive numbers of water food and medicine to the civilians from 1948-1949

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Also called the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948, it was enacted by the 80th United States Congress and was put into affect on June 3rd, 1948.

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Their was a popular Rockstar singer named Elvis

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American Bandstand ran from 1952 to 1989 which focused a lot on musical performance

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Elvis Presley got famous from the song “hound dog”. Hound dog was originally made by singer Willie Mae, but Elvis made his own version.

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The agreement of the Demilitarized zone allowing prisoners to go back to there country’s. But no peace treaty was singed so there was a “was a frozen war”

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The rate of baby’s increased. By the end of 1950 more than 50 million baby’s were born.

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The Korean Conflict killed mostly civilians of North and South Korea. They were hundreds of thousands of casualties throughout the dozens of countries including: Turkey, Thailand, and Ethiopia. The bigger countries of the United Nations were involved like the USA, and Britain.

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Maci Miller
Elvis was a huge rock n roll celebrity he was called “king of rock and roll” or “the king

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Margaret Olson The Sputnik was a series of artificial satellites made by the soviets.

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In response of the Berlin Blockade the western allies set up the Berlin Airlift to carry supplies to the people of of West Berlin

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The Sputnik was 23 inches in diameter, about 184 lbs with a speed or 18,000 mph. Circling the globe every 96 minutes.

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Was the most popular thing in the 50s every kid watched TV at night.  And during school parents watched TV

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It was a 58 cm diameter metal sphere. And it included four external radio antennas

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The Marshall Plan was the American Initiative to provide aid to Europeans.

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Sputnik is a satellite that the Soviet Union launch in the Cold War.

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After WWII many couples wanted to move to the suburbs to start a family in a new house that was driving distance from their work.

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A blockade of countries in the Soviet Union to protect the homeland "Russia" from a attack to prevent Russian causalities

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Margaret Olson The iron curtain separated Eastern Europe from Western Europe. Russia put up the iron curtain.

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Lucy Ricardo is the wacky wife and Ricky Ricardo was her Cuban bandleader husband. This show is about Lucy always doing something and then Ricky getting mad at her.

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The “Korean Conflict” is based on the division between the Democratic Republic of Korea in the North and South.

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The first satellite (which was made by the Soviets) that ever orbited the globe. The German V-2 rocket really gave the idea to American and Soviet specialists.

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The Marshall plan provided millions of dollars to European countries, more to industrial powerhouses. Smaller countries like Austria still got aid from the United States though they are smaller. Iceland got 43 million dollars, and Britain got 3 billion dollars.

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The baby boom started after WW2, it lasted 18 years. The population expansion took place between 1946 and 1964.

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Rock and Roll Was very popular for younger kids

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In the 1950s a some houses had more the one TV.

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Ben-A blockade of countries in the Soviet Union to protect Russia from an attack

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Ben-A blockade of countries in the Soviet Union to protect Russia from an attack

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http://southwickresearch.com/berlin/IronCurtainTrail.jpg

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Levittown is an example of a very successful suburb of it’s time. Production was done in 27 steps on production lines, and if it was done efficiently, houses could be build in one day! -Maddie B.

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The satellite traveled at about 29,000 kilometers per hour, encircling the Earth every 96.2 minutes. Its radio signals continued for 21 days until the transmitter batteries ran out of power on October 26th, 1957.

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These houses were perfect for younger couples they had informal family rooms, open floor plans and backyards. However, they were often not so perfect for the women who lived in them. In fact, the booms of the 1950s had a particularly butterfly effect on many American women. A lot of women wanted to leave workforce and embrace their roles as housewives and mothers.

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Baby’s were in one huge room crowded together 3.9 million were born in 1952

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The idea that a woman’s most important job was to bear and rear children was hardly a new one, but it began to generate a great deal of dissatisfaction among women who yearned for a more fulfilling life.

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Baseball and Boxing were huge during the 1950. While American Football, and Golf were just beginning to grow. The Yankees were very popular in that decade. The major boxing star was Floyd Patterson, and Rocky Marciano.

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College football was more popular then pro in the 1950s. But Baseball and boxing were still more popular.

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The Korean conflict was and is between the North Koreans (communists) and South Koreans (capitalist) fighting over land and which is better communism or capitalism.

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Baseball and boxing were most popular, while football and golf were still small. This was the decades the Yankees dominated.

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Jackie Robinson is the first African-American to EVER play in the MLB he was positioned at first base by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. He played a good 10 years and also received a rookie of the year award.

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Basketball, golf , boxing and football was popular during the 1950’s.