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8th Grade
05/22/2012

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Term
Rock n Roll –
Definition
upbeat music that appealed to teenagers
Term
Elvis Presley –
Definition
music icon that became face of Rock n Roll
Term
Highway Act of 1956 -
Definition
$32 billion dollars to build 41,000 miles of roads
around country; beginning of interstate highway system
Term
Baby boom –
Definition
sharp rise in birthrate
Term
Suburbs –
Definition
housing developments and neighborhoods outside a city
Term
“Square” –
Definition
someone who conforms to traditional values of society
Term
“Beatniks” -
Definition
poets, writers and their followers who rejected traditional
values
Term
Television –
Definition
replaced radio as center of entertainment in home. Most were
black and white; color would come later. 1 out 10 homes had a TV in 1950. In
1960 9 out of 10 would have one
Term
Age of Automobile –
Definition
1950’s Americans loved their cars and drove on new
highways to see the country
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Sunbelt –
Definition
the movement of people from the north to the south and from the
east to the west to sunny climates
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Advertising –
Definition
businesses used television and magazines to sell products.
Term
Popular TV shows –
Definition
Howdy Doody, I Love Lucy, Leave It to Beaver, The Lone
Ranger, and the Mickey Mouse Club.
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