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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.** 
 * FOR HOMEWORK, CREATE A LIST (IN YOUR ONLINE NOTEBOOK) OF POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES CONCERNING LIFE IN THE FIFTIES FOR CLASS ON THURSDAY. WE WILL USE IT TO WRITE SOME DIALOGUE ...**

[|The Cold War at Home] / [|The Economy Booms] / [|The Sky is the Limit] / [|Boom-Time for Babies and Houses]

 Videos are on the original page.


 * Write down a bulleted list of each, about 5 positives, and 5 negatives. - ADAN, 10 TOTAL SO WE EACH DO FIVE, RIGHT? IF I NEED TO DO MORE LET ME KNOW.**

After World War 2 diseases became much more easy to treat because of the invention of many antibiotics developed during the war.
 * Positives of life in the fifties || Negatives of life in the fifties ||

12 million people were coming home, all of them needed to be feed, clothed, and housed causing a large shortage in goods making money easy to be made.

House-hold appliances made life easier, helped the economy, and boosted feelings because work was easier.

Studies in sciences had grown and made progress in all areas with the American "can-do" attitude, so diseases that used to kill were now vaccinated and less deaths occured

The Space Race put America out on top, and gained morale for all Americans. || War just ended so manufacturing had to be turned around because many factories made war materials.

In 1957 almost one in every five American lived in poverty.

Many couples married and had children, helping with the economic boom.

The Red Scare, fear of communism, and fear of bombs from Russia dropping on their homes ruled much of families lives.

The American Dream of the fifties was mainly availiable for whites; blacks and minorities had crime, riots and inequality in the cities. ||