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Don't do Communism kids!

Stay in school, and drink your milk!

#Don'tGoRed

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This Padlet was made by Morgan Mickelson and Allyson Pintar... GO HISTORY!

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This Padlet was made by Morgan Mickelson and Allyson Pintar... GO HISTORY!

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Rebel Without a Cause (1955) - I Got The Bullets! Scene (10/10) | Movieclips

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Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock (Music Video)

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The Cold War spiked the fear of communism in the American people. The Red Scare became a thing all across America. Government agents were analyzed if they were actually loyal to the United States. Anti-communist crusades became a thing, anyone who had different political views from the anti-communist crusaders had their reputations ruined.

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As television became widely available, pop culture changed throughout America as TV shows ruled the decade. Though movies had been around for many years, television changed the game. With popular shows like, I Love Lucy (1951-1957), and Gunsmoke (1955-1975), more and more audiences are being entertained at home. But even though TV was the new popular form of entertainment, movies had their fair-share of attention. With movie stars like the young heartthrob, James Dean who starred in many movies throughout the 50's, he starred in movie icons like, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), before his tragic death in 1955. Other timeless stars like Audrey Hepburn started in the 1950's, starring in Roman Holiday  (1953) with Gregory Peck. Marilyn Monroe was a symbol of the 1950's, starring in multiple movies like, Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1953), and The Seven Year Itch (1955). In the music industry, stars like Elvis Presley emerged in the mid-to-late 50's, with hit songs like, Jailhouse Rock (1957), and Hound Dog (1956). The image of Elvis Presley shaking his hips has become iconic, but at the time, most did not approve of his music or his dance. Other musicians like Frank Sinatra ruled this time, with songs like Come Fly With Me (1958). Young people engaged in dances that were "rebellious", dances like the jitterbug (also called swing), Lindy, the rock'n'roll, boogie-woogie, and Bop.

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In the 1950s there was a lot of business expansion, the businesses would branch out into different franchises and conglomerates. During this time most people shifted from blue collared workers to white collared workers. Large businesses, that white collared workers would work at, wanted to expand and to do so they made conglomerates. Conglomerates are when a large corporation makes a smaller company that is unrelated to the original one. Another way they expanded was to make franchises. Franchises are when they sell similar things at different locations for example, McDonald's restaurants are everywhere and most sell the same things.

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Since a lot of women and people who stayed home during the war took the veterans jobs while they were away, a lot of veterans were coming back home: jobless. So to help the veterans, the government introduced the GI Bill Of Rights. This bill encouraged veterans to go back to school to get an education, the government would pay for part of this education, it also guaranteed them a year's worth of unemployment. This bill helped a lot of families buy homes, get farms, or start a new business.

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Teenagers felt abandoned by the people and products of their nation, there was nothing for them on television, they were stuck in a wedge between the adults and children, and they felt no one acknowledged them as people too. Then there was music made for their age-group, movies that were starring other teenagers too, and for the first time in history the term "teen-ager" was used. But as the teenagers came into their own, rebelling against their elders, their elders fought back, shutting down the things they saw as "inappropriate". They also placed rules against the teenagers, banning girls from wearing pants, banning rock and roll, and even banning a boys hair touching his ears! The adults disapproved of the teenagers slang, choice of clothing, and even what they listened to. But this didn't stop teenagers, but it was the start to films, music, pop-icons (Elvis), and other things we still see today.

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Television was the prized jewel of the 1950's, 55% of homes by 1954 had a television, which is a staggering statistic because in 1950 only a whopping 9% of homes had a TV. And even more staggering nearing 1960, 45 million homes had a television set. There is no doubt that the television was the most popular form of mass media (media with means of reaching large audiences) in the 1950's, but radio still found a way to keep up with the times. Radio switched from being mostly national, to being mostly local, broadcasting local news, weather, music, and community issues. It's a lot of how radio is today! Movies, though hit a bump in the road when TV came around, bounced back by showcasing their larger screens, their color (until TV's had color in the 60's), and they also piped in smells to coincide with the events on screen, something TV would never be able to do! Cool!

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In the 1950s there was a new demand for automobiles, with this demand came more production jobs and newer jobs in other areas. Newer jobs were: drive-in movies, restaurants, and shopping malls. With more demand on automobiles the price for the cars went down as well. For example, middle class families could afford two cars instead of just one car. This led to more freedom for people in the suburbs because families would have two cars so if one car was taken another person could use the other one.

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When soldiers started returning home after perilously fighting in WW2, they intended to start families in a much safer, post-war America. Throughout the late 40's into the early 60's the birth rate in America skyrocketed! At the height of the baby boom, in 1957, an infant was born every seven seconds! In total, 4,308,000 babies were born in that year! The baby boom was the largest generation in American history!

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Since people had a more regulated work schedule, on average 40-hour weeks, people had more leisure time. As their incomes would allow them to have more money to spend on time-saving devices, such as washing machines. They started to buy other products that could help them fill their free time like: books, radios, magazines, and tvs. This made companies start to sell more products that would save them time and occupy them in their free time.

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After the second world war, there was housing shortage because of the limited number of homes being built, and the fact that millions of veterans came back after the war. In an effort to help those with no housing, the government created suburbs, which are towns created on the outskirts of cities. This caused mass migrations to these suburbs.