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polio vaccine by dr jonas salk
jonas salk developed the 1st effective polio vaccine in 1952 his vaccine was tested in the francis field trial when it begin it involved approximately 4,000 children but would grow to eventually involved around 1.8million children across 44 states it was the largest medical experiment. -
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apollo 11
on july 20 1969 american astronauts neil Armstrong 1930- 2012 and edwin buzz aldrin (1930) became the first humans ever to land on the moon. about 6 and half hours later armstrong became first human to step on moon armstrong famously said thats one small step for man and one big leap for mankind. -
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air conditioning
many of the central changes in our socrity after ww2 wouldnt have been possible if ac not keeping homes and workplace cool.everone wanted ac down at the sun belt including theater in hollywood golden age -
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rock and roll
the popularity of rock and roll resulted in a powerful impact on society when jazz blues and country was combined it created rock in roll -
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pres kennedys moon speech
we choose to go the moon was delivered by jfk it was one of kennedys earlier speech meant to persuade the american people to support the national effort to land a amn to the moon and return him back safely to the earth to help begin the space race against u.s.s.r during the cold war -
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creation of nasa
nasa made it possible for the american researchers to collaborate on and disseminate scientific advance an opportunity envied by many of u.s soviet scientists -
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friendships 7
the friendship 7 is a capsule that john glenn went to space in and he was the first america to orbit the earth it led to mercury into earth orbit and enable glenn to circle earth 3 times john glenn is responsible for more students studying matt and science and being intested in space than anyone