Were+the+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.

Yes Suburbs started to come around Department of Health and education were formed The economy soared very high The population in the south rised highways were designed after the autobahn there were good schools almost everyone owned a home Appliances started to be bought Hollywood and tv shows started to grow rock and elvis emerged

No** Russia had nukes We were afraid of communism taking over We had the Korean war which took 50,000 american lives Anti-Communist Hysteria spread in the U.S. Many people were falsely accused as communists and they lost their lives Joseph McCarthy caused these problems People almost lost their freedom of speech We were in fear of being nuked so they showed duck and cover kids were told that they might be nuked They started to make fallout shelters and stock up supplies 1 out of 5 people were poor illegal immigration started 
 * 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 ...**

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