Werethe50'sHappyDays?

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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. **Watch the videos below, read over the ABC-CLIO links posted below, and read "The Fifties" in __Creating America__ (28-3, pp. 800-803).** 
 * FOR HOMEWORK, CREATE A LIST (EITHER IN PRINT OR ONLINE) OF POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES CONCERNING LIFE IN THE FIFTIES FOR CLASS ON THURSDAY!**

[|The Cold War at Home] / [|The Economy Booms] / [|The Sky is the Limit] / [|Boom-Time for Babies and Houses]

Good - Economy boomed after WWII New Weapons Douglas MacArthur was disgraced Education Hiss found guilty Industry Better working wages - unions More vaccines Space race - sputnik, man to moon, man to orbit moon, ect. New Tecnology Civil rights was beginning to be recognized

Bad - Fear of Atomic Bomb to the point of no return UN got nto the Korean war as a fighting non-peaceful party Korean War McCarthy trials Communism "Red Scare" Civil Defense from bombs - such as bomb shelters and the "duck and cover" Minorities were forgotten Housing shortage Civil Rights - segregation Stuff in short supply durring the baby boom generation New weapons