The 1950s

The 1950s
ISBN-10
0766069311
ISBN-13
9780766069312
Series
The 1950s
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction
Pages
96
Language
English
Published
2015-07-15
Publisher
Enslow Publishing, LLC
Author
Stephen Feinstein

Description

During the 1950s, the United States became a world leader in business, technology, and health care. The invention of the polio vaccine and the establishment of NASA set the stage for scientific advancement. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, spurring the civil rights movement. However, US troops fought to a deadlock in Korea, the Soviet Union took an early lead in the Space Race, and Americans worried about the presence of Soviet spies. Social mores were being tested by new thinking, new music, and new idols. The 1950s would prove to be a decade that would reimagine pop culture, the new normal, and the American Dream.

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