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U.S. History Ch 14
Chapter 14
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11th Grade
02/08/2021

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Chuck Berry

Little Richard

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Inspired the Beatles/African American Rock n Roll singers

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TV Shows

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Variety Shows, Ed Sullivan, Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Lone Ranger, Gunsmoke

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Rock n Roll

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Stemmed from African American Rhythm and Blues.  Very popular with teenagers.  The First Rock n Roll hero was Elvis Presley.

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Creeping Socialism

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Eisenhower slashed aid to businesses and public housing.

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Appalachia

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Stretched from New York to Georgia.  Coal Mining.  Poverty-stricken, poor nutrition, bad health. People left to seek a better life.

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Polio

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Parents were frantic. Left children paralyzed or dead.  Park and swimming pools were closed.

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"Do Nothing"

"Good for Nothing"

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Attack on Republican Congress by Truman for refusing to enact his legislative agenda.

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Baby Boom

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A baby was born every 7 seconds.  Couples had put off marriage until after the war.  Was between 1945-1961

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