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Welcome to the 1950's!

Welcome to the 1950's!. What was it like?. Population of the US in 1950’s? 151,684,000 Life Expectancy for Women and Men? Women- 71.1 Men- 65.6 Average Salary? Minimum Wage? $2,992.00 - $0.75 Cost of a loaf of bread? $0.14 Cost of a gallon of milk? $0.82. Events.

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Welcome to the 1950's!

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  1. Welcome to the 1950's!

  2. What was it like? • Population of the US in 1950’s? • 151,684,000 • Life Expectancy for Women and Men? • Women- 71.1 Men- 65.6 • Average Salary? Minimum Wage? • $2,992.00 - $0.75 • Cost of a loaf of bread? • $0.14 • Cost of a gallon of milk? • $0.82

  3. Events • 1950- President Harry Truman approves production of the hydrogen bomb and sends air force and navy to Korea in June. • 1951- Transcontinental television begins with a speech by President Truman.

  4. Events • 1952- The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952 removes racial and ethnic barriers to becoming a U.S. citizen. • 1953-1961- Dwight D. Eisenhower is president. • 1953- Fighting ends in Korea

  5. Events • 1954- Racial segregation is ruled unconstitutional in public schools by the U.S. Supreme Court. • 1955- Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama and Dr. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for polio.

  6. Events • 1956- The Federal Highway Act is signed, marking the beginning of work on the interstate highway system. • 1957- Civil Rights Act passed increasing protection of voting right and expanded civil rights law.

  7. Events • 1958- Explorer I, the first U.S. satellite, successfully orbits the earth and the first domestic jet-airline passenger service was begun by National Airlines. • 1959- Alaska and Hawaii become the forty-ninth and fiftieth states.

  8. Musicians of the 1950's

  9. Elvis Presley

  10. Chuck Berry

  11. Buddy Holly and the Crickets

  12. Ritchie Valens

  13. Patsy Cline

  14. Johnny Cash

  15. Jerry Lee Lewis

  16. Carl Perkins

  17. Bill Haley and the Comets

  18. Little Richard

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