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1950's culture (Rock n' Roll (People like Elvis Presley, Little…
1950's culture
Rock n' Roll
People like Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, etc.
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Was a change from jazz, which was classic and clean.
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Cars
"Car Culture" was fueled by a combination of higher wages, greater auto production, inexpensive gas, and the construction of interstate highways.
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Suburbia
Lots of people were tired of living in the big, crowded cities so they moved to the outskirts and lived in those little houses like you see on TV.
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Baby Boom
Between 1945 and 1964, roughly 76 million babies were born in the US.
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TV
Regional differences were ironed out because they showed the same thing across the country, in the cities and also out in the country.
Beatniks
Beatniks were like the "hipsters" of their generation. They hung out at coffee houses, didn't dress nice, and pretty much did everything against society's rules.
