1950-1955

=**1950-1955**=

__**Culture**__ The 1950's opened the doors for new entertainment, babies, and cultural expansion. This was also called the "Golden Age". It was big in comedy, Rock N' Roll, and movies. Stars like Elvis Presley were born. The suburban lifestyle was underway and popular shows such as Leave it to Beaver and the Honey Mooners portrayed the suburban lifestyles and the perfect American dream. Gender roles were a big part of the society in this time period. Women were suppose to be home makers, and obey the husband. The husband was suppose to provide and come to the aid of there wives. America was also heavily involved with civil rights movements. [|Click Here for Womens Roles] [|Click Here For Baby Boom] During the 1950s America tried to establish its beliefs in the world to prevent communism from entering other countries. One of the countries was Western Germany. America tried reuniting Western and Eastern Germany by creating the group NATO. NATO was a defensive treaty were the countries involved agreed to come to the aid of an attacked country by the Soviets. The United States tried containing communism from Asian countries but China was already under communist influence by there new leader Mao Zedong. One of the biggest communist outbreaks was during the Korean War. North Korea attacked South Korea and the United Nations supported South Korea. Already angry with the United Nations because of Taiwan having a seat on the council and China was not allowed too. Stalin and the Soviet party began boycotting the United Nations meeting until they finally stopped going. [|Click Here for Cold War] [|Click Here for Taiwan Crisis] __**Technology**__ During the 1950s technology greatly increased specially with broadcasting news and important events happening in the country. Such inventions like the color television set, worldwide radio broadcasting helped people keep up with current events it was now not only local but global. There were other inventions like washing machines, and better lawn mowers and better cars. Nuclear technology was becoming more advanced and easier to create. [|Click Here for Technology] [|Click Here for History of Technology]
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=**__Civil Rights Movements__**= In the 1950s McLaurin v. Oklahoma ruled that a high school couldn’t stop minorities from attending high school or being segregated. High school students in Farmville Virginia go on strike. Brown v. the board of education was put on trial because minorities were denied separate but equal rights. In 1955 a court trial was put on because a black man was killed for whistling at a white woman. Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat and instigates the Montgomery Bus Boycott. [|Click Here for Civil Rights] [|Click Here for Cases]

=__Economics__= An economic boom was under way for the United States economy. Americans were enjoying a new form of economic culture. Lots of Americans used there larger incomes to buy consumer products like houses, automobiles, and appliances. There were two types of lives that were forming in the United States, the suburban life and the city life. Some Americans wanted lots of land and extra space. Most of the people that lived in the suburbs were white, middle class people. Music and Television were very popular in this era, and they accounted for a lot of the wealth. Movies and television were a big part of America. On Average Americans watched about six hours of television in a given day. All of these new ideas and technologies lead to lots of money circulating throughout the United States economy; this is why it is a booming period. [|Click for Economics] [|Click Here for Suburbs]

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