1950's+Happy+Days?

That's a great question, don't you think? We will answer it in class on Thursday in a (hopefully) fun activity, but to prepare, we should do a little background reading and watching. R**ead "The Fifties" in __Creating America__ (28-3, pp. 800-803), read over the ABC-CLIO links posted below, and w****atch the videos below.**

The 1950's were happy days becuase


 * America's economy was doing well
 * The Government was offering low-cot housing and education loans to returning serviemen, which brought college education and home owne ship to more Ameicans than ever before.
 * After World War II, doctors began to use antibiotics more often in the treatment of disease. This made previously life-threatening cnditions relatively easy to treat.
 * a polio vaccine was made
 * The government focused on space researched

The 1950's weren't happy days because
 * The Cold war
 * Nuclear weapons
 * Fear of Communism
 * Red Scare
 * Segregation
 * Communism in China
 * Korean War