50's
Published on Nov 23, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Entertainment/ entertainers
Toys- Mr.Potatohead, Hula hoops, frisbees, pez dispensers and boomerangs.
Entertainers- Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean.
Photo by ginnerobot
"Man I really like Vegas."
- Elvis Presley (Jan. 8th 1935- Aug. 16th 1977)
Important Businesses and Industries
Vintage ads, fast food, and the car industry was definitely a big part of it because there were 60 million cars in the United States. The 50's was the decade that started consumerism, we started to use and throw away. Advertising brought in lots of businesses.
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Dwight Eisenhower: President: term 1953-1961
"A people that values its privileges over its principles soon loses both."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fads
Coonskin caps, car hops, 3D movies, ant farms, bubble gum cigars, DA haircuts, side burns, and fedoras.
Clothing
Leather Jackets, fedoras, suspenders, lettermens, slim fitting suits, skinny ties, bowling shirts, saddle shoes and chunky glasses.
Photo by [ Ben ]
Popular Sports Figures
Jackie Robinson- first african- American to play Major League Baseball.
1950 Heisman- Vic Janowicz.
Photo by hjl
Wars
Korean War (1950-1953) 3 years and two days long, it was between North and South Korea, The fighting ended on 27 July 1953, when the armistice was signed. The agreement created the Korean Demilitarized Zone to separate North and South Korea, and allowed the return of prisoners. Clashes have continued to the present.
Photo by Peer.Gynt
Cold War (1947-1991)
The Soviets + the warsaw pact vs. the U.S. + NATO allies it ended when Mikhail Gorbachev took the reins of The Soviet Union and brought a revolution no one predicted.
Photo by thelearningcurvedotca
Vietnam (1959-1975)
The Vietnamese and the U.S fought for 16 years until it ended when the Saigon fell to the communists. No one won.
Photo by kingdesmond1337
Central Theme
It was a time that paved the path to ours, we started consumerism, kids got real toys that we still have today and fast food and car hops were started, all things that seem to resemble life today.
Photo by Joe Shlabotnik
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