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birth of rock and roll
overall it introduced new music and dancing of twisting and thrusting , that the older society was shocked by. in the 1060's the British invasion took place, being british artists took over the music industry -
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2nd Great Migration
In the context of the 20th-century history of the United States, the Second Great Migration was the migration of more than five million African Americans from the South to the North, Midwest and West. It took place from 1941, through World War II, and lasted until 1970. -
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baby boom
United States. The term "baby boom" most often refers to the post–World War II baby boom (1946–1964) when the number of annual births exceeded 2 per 100 women (or approximately 1% of the total population size). There are an estimated 78.3 million Americans who were born during this period. -
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Cold War
The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others). -
Air Conditioning
many of the central changes in our society after WW2 wouldn't have been possible if ac was not keeping homes and workplaces
everyone wanted ac down the sun belt,(including theater) in Hollywood golden age. where ac its self was an attraction so when it was exploding around 1950's cars, homes and businesses had people migrating down south were if was hot. -
polio vaccine
jonas salk developed the 1st effective polio vaccine in 1952. his vaccine was tested in the francis feild trial when it began it begin if involved approximately 4,000 children, but would grown to eventually involved around 1.8 million childern. -
creation of nasa
NASA made is possible for the american researchers to collaborate on and disseminate scientific advancement, an opportunity envied by many of u.s soviet scientists -
friendship 7
NASA astronaut john Glenn became the first american to orbit the earth in his mercury capsule "friendship 7". his accomplishment brought a seance of pride and relief to Americans and instantly made the 31 Glen a national hero. -
kennedy's "moon speech"
"we chose to go to the moon", was delivered by JFK it was one of Kennedy's earlier speech meant to persuade the american people to to support the national effort to land a man to the moon and return him back safely to the earth to help begin the "space race" against USSR during the cold war. -
Apollo II
American astronauts Neil Armstong and Edwin Buzz Adrain became the first people to land on the moon and about six and half hours later neil Armstrong became the first person to ever walk on the moon. the Apollo 11 mission occurred 8 years after years later. announced that the national goal of landing a man on the moon by the end of 1960's