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& 203 - Decade: 1950s Post War Prosperity The pictures 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower, president during most of the 1950s. As a general during World War Two, he had been a key leader in the Allied fight against Hitler. 2. A suburban house typical of the millions built in the decade or so after World War Two. Many were built in the new suburbs that spread in the outskirts of big cities. 3. Rosa Parks, the black woman who challenged the system of segregation on city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Her refusal to move to the back of the bus helped launch the modern Civil Rights movement. 4. A television camera and camera operator. The 1950s saw the spread of television into most American homes. Color TV did not become common until the 1960s. The vocabulary terms A glossary for the vocabulary terms can be found with the link near the top of this section's main index page. See the Getting Started pages at the front of the workbook for suggestions for students about highlighting, and making vocabulary index cards. |
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Copyright 2018 by David Burns. All rights reserved. Illustrations and reading selections appearing in this work are taken from sources in the public domain and from private collections used by permission. Sources include: the Dover Pictorial Archive, the Library of Congress, The National Archives, The Hart Publishing Co., Corel Corporation and its licensors, Nova Development Corporation and its licensors, and others. Maps were created or adapted by the author using reference maps from the United States Geological Survey and Cartesia Software. Please see the home page for this title for more information. |