1. Baby Boom: The baby boom was a time period between the late 40's to early 60's in which the birthrate in america soared due to returning soldiers from WW2. This was the largest generation in americas history.
2. Dr. Jonas Salk: one of the many doctors who was discovering new medicines to help ward off childhood dieses. This saved thousands of lives. Dr. Salk created a vaccine for the disease poliomyelitis. This was a break through in the time.
3. Interstate Highway System:authorized the building of a nationwide highway network- 41,000 miles of expressways.Encouraged the building of sub urbs miles from the city. Helped to unify america and create easy transporation with the use of long distance trucking.
4. Franchise:a company that offers similiar products in various locations such as BK.
5. In a paragraph, describe in detail how Americans spent their leisure time in the 1950s
Americans in the 50's were enjoying more leisure time then they were having in years. 40 hour weeks and plenty of vacation time was one of the perks most employees had during the 50's. People also were very active in baseball and football teams. Even watching sports on t.v. Reading was another very popular activity. The American was interested in cooking do it yourself projects and romance novels.
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