A little more information on the 1950's

THE FABULOUS FIFTIES

By the time the Korean War ended, in 1953, fifty thousand Americans had returned home in coffins. With the end of the War came President Eisenhower's promise of a bright future for the United States. It was the beginning of an economic boom unlike any in the history of the Country. For the first time since the Great Depression of 1929 America was not in crisis.
During the latter part of 1953 mass consumerism was on the rise and money was in the bank. Americans moved up to the "middle class" at the rate of one million a year and real wages were rising at an unprecedented 4.5 yearly.
It was a time of conformity when men, dressed in gray flannel suits and white shirts, went to their white-collar jobs and women kept the home fires burning in their pastel, "cookie cutter" houses of America's new suburbia. Life centered around the stability of home and family and 97% of marriageable men and women were married, it was a couples society and they were all having children, the baby boom was in full swing..
Americans began their love affair with TV during the early part of the decade and by the mid 50s 3/4 of them owned a telvision set and spent 1/3 of their waking hours watching I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, Jack Benny, Queen for A Day, What's My Line, Ed Sullivan and American Bandstand. Consumerism flourished as television ads convinced viewers of the need to keep up with the "Jones'" by owning the latest gadgets and goods.
For Black citizens, in the midst of this new American prosperity, life remained unchanged but change was in the air. The 1954 United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. the Board of Educati was among the most significant turning points in the development of our country. It dismantled the legal basis for racial segregation in schools and other public facilities by declaring that the discriminatory nature of racial segregation ... "violates the 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees all citizens equal protection of the laws,".
The southern states resisted integration. On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks, weary from an exhausting day of work as a seamstress, boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She sat in the black section at the back of the bus but when the white seats had filled she was told to give up her seat to a white man. Rosa Parks refused and in so doing became the first prominent figure of what became the Movement.
The twenty-six year old minister, Martin Luther King, Jr. led the black citizens in a non-violent boycott of the Montgomery buses. During the boycott white extremists bombed Kings home. The boycott continued for 381 days until, in 1956, the Federal Supreme ruled to desegregate the buses.
Dream of a KingIn 1957 President Eisenhower sent in the 101st Airborne to accompany the Arkansas Nine to classes at Central High in Little Rock. Three weeks earlier the black students were prevented by white students, teachers and parents from entering the school in spite of the Brown v. The Board of Education ruling.
Sam Phillips, a Memphis recording man and enthusiast of black music immediately recognized a special quality in Elvis Presley, who had been influenced by Southern black gospel and blues. On July 5, 1954 at Sun Records Elvis recorded "I'm All Right, Mama" with "Blue Moon of Kentucky" on the flip side. Soon after, he was named "Most Up and Coming Hillbilly Artist of The Year".
By February of 1955 Bill Haley's version of Shake Rattle and Roll had sold 1 million copies, Chuck Berry'sMaybellene" was on the charts and then came Little Richard with, "Tutti Frutti". Rock'n Roll was born, and here to stay. Even as parents disapproved of it as devil music the kids couldn't get enough.
The automobile became an American icon during the prosperity of the 50s. The Ford Thunderbird, Chevrolet sedans and Chrysler station-wagons became symbols of the new affluent American society. The nation was suddenly mobile and "Drive-in" became a part of the language and culture. Public Works began the construction of an extensive highway system like no other time in history and road trips in big-finned cars became a national past-time.
The Cold War between the world's Super Powers, America and Russia, cast a shadow of fear over the Frivolous Fifties. The Atomic and Hydrogen bombs were created and the military performed 200 above-ground nuclear tests between 1954 and 1958. There was failure after failure in the rocket launching competition between the two countries until Russia realized success with it's Sputnik on October 4, 1957. Americans found themselves watching the skies and learning to "duck and cover".
By the latter part of the decade Marilyn Monroe had appeared as the first centerfold in Hugh Hefner's Playboy magazine and Ed Sullivan had backed down by inviting Elvis to perform, two months after calling him vulgar and exclaiming that he would never appear on his television show. The youth had their own music and the Beats, with their hip new language, became the forefathers of the 60s counter-culture.

medical advances of the 1950's

This are some of the inventions made in the 1950's.

Angiogram
Artificial Heart
Artificial Hips and Joints
Artificial Limbs
Blood Pressure Measure
Cardiac Catheter
Cardiac Pacemaker
CT Scan
Electrocardiograph ECG
Electroencephalograph EEG
Electron Microscope
Iron Lung
Kidney Dialysis Machine
Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI
Monoclonal Antibodies
Pump-Oxygenator
Radiation Therapy
Surgical Dressings
Ultrasound
X-Rays


50’s inventions and technology I can not stress to you enough how many inventions there were in the 50’s. Many ofthe things invented back then we are using and remodeling now. Medicine was improving, and,Rosland Franklin used an X-ray to discover the structure of DNA. One of the most rare and unusual but helpful and successful inventions was the snowmobile. The snowmobile has really helped a lot of people when the weather was not to thereliking or to whomever was enabled to get around by car, especially people in Alaska. Also, some people bought them just for the enjoyment of the ride.This is still a very popular invention of today when the snow comes along. Granted whenlooking at the snowmobile it does not look very powerful, however many people have beenproven wrong even up until now. If you have ever ridden one, you would definitely know the speed and force this piece of machinery obtains. Many people still do not understand how helpful and useful this metal attraction is.Other great inventors were Ronald Riley, whom invented the automated electrifiedmonorail system. Dee Horton and Law Hewitt invented the sliding automatic door in 1954. Thehistory of the automobile spans over one hundred years and the famous early car models, viewtimelines of automotive development and discover who made the first gasoline powered car.Some may have thought that there were a lot of great new things such as, colored kitchenappliances and transistor radios; however, no one was expecting the things we utilize the mosttoday like the PC, cell phones, or DVDs. No one ever thought that those big black records andrecord players would some day become CDs and CD players. Now even though the things wereinvented does not mean everyone had the privilege of enjoying them. In fact most of theseaccessories were used for business only.As far as the really important aspects go, some inventions were the polio vacine and oralvacine. Even the first transgender sugery ever performed took place in this decade. Really doctors were just a little bit more experimental in these days. And since People did not have to worry about contracting all of theses new found diseases, they were practically fearless of anything and everything

1950's

I will be doing a year long project on the 1950's of everthing that happend in the 50's.

There are 3 people in my group and we all have different subjects that we have to research.

In the group im the one who has to research political changes and the medical advances.