1950's

Question 1

Nikita Kruschev

Answer 1

Soviet leader- met with Nixon (vice president)

Question 2

dating in the 1950’s

Answer 2

very proper

Question 3

Marilyn Monroe

Answer 3

Blonde bombshell- movie Starr

Question 4

Jonas Salk

Answer 4

developed the polio vaccine

Question 5

Senator McCarthy

Answer 5

Senator who accused people in the government and army of communist.

Question 6

Eisenhower

Answer 6

President during the 1950’s- popular amongst demo, and republicans

Question 7

Jack Kerouac

Answer 7

Wrote On the Road Beatnik

Question 8

Lucille Ball

Answer 8

Actress, starred in I LOVE LUCY

Question 9

Benjamin Spock

Answer 9

wrote a famous childcare book.

Question 10

Levittowns

Answer 10

New suburban homes

Question 11

Conformity

Answer 11

(Theme in the 1950’s)People wanted to fit in. needed to fit in so you weren’t seen as communist.

Question 12

White flight

Answer 12

mass exodus from major cities.

Question 13

HUAC(House UnAmerican Activities Committee)

Answer 13

was an investigative committee, created in 1938, to investigate alleged communist ties.

Question 14

Laika

Answer 14

Doggy that went into space (did not return 🙁)

Question 15

Blue Collar vs. White Collar

Answer 15

Manual Labor/ office.

Question 16

ENIAC

Answer 16

first computer

Question 17

Interstate Highway Act

Answer 17

40,000 new highways to help move weapons and ease congestion.

Question 18

Beatniks

Answer 18

Literary subculture movement

Question 19

Sunbelt

Answer 19

South and southwest- air conditioning.

Question 20

baby boom

Answer 20

1931-1970 (1 baby born every 7 sec in 1957)