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Philo Farnsworth came up with the first T.V tube. This was a major step in history from listening to the radio, to being able to acually watch a program.
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She was America's favorite singer, actress, and model back in the day. She was the "dumb blonde" sex symbol for America.
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Elvis was Ameria's sweetheart back in the fifties. He was known as the King of Rock 'n' Roll.
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Baseball was the most popular sport in the fifties. Jackie Robinson was the first black major league baseball player, and that was a monumental time for the blacks and whites.
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These were the Elvis shows, the Perry Como Show, Ted Mack's Amateur Hour, ect. Many people grew to love these shows as part of the growing America in that age.
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Derived from rhythm and Blues from the 1940's. It was mainly a combination of blues, country, jazz, and gospel. It became know as an "incompassing international style of music."
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This was the expansion of the major cities back in the 1950's. The idea back then was to create the ideal American family.
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The N.R.A endorsed a new type of dinner which was "take home." Which was fast food that people could take and enjoy at home. The driveins were a great idea because people could go see a movie in their cars and have gatherings with their friends.
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This was when over 3,548,000 babies were born after WWII. A reporter in May 1951 said if you were to take all the babies that were born, bundle them in a batch and bounce them through America, you'd get the biggest boom ever.
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This was created to stop the spread of Polio during the '50's. First developed by Jonas Salk and tested in 1952.
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This was a series of intersected roads which was abbreviated the "Interstate." It was the largest highway system in the world and the largest "public works" project in history.
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This was a record label founded by Berry Gordy Jr. Incorporated it later in 1960. It's main styles were upbeat, pop influenced rhythms from the black culture.
