How was like in the 1950's

                                       The 1950's



Technology:

• There were some new technologies in the fifties. Television was just one of them.

• The first copy machine was made 1950 also. 

• The Chevrolet Corvette becomes the first car to have a all-fiberglass body in 1953. 

•  In 1955 Jonas Salk invented a polio vaccine which was given to more than seven million American students.

• A surprise came in 1957; a 184 pound satellite was launched by the Russians. They named it Sputnik 1. The space race begins 4 months later the United States launch a smaller satellite. 

• In 1958 the first plastic Coke bottle appeared. 

 Entertainment:

Comedy 

• I Love Lucy 
• The Honeymooners 
• The Families of  the Fifties 

Drama

• Dragnet 
• The Twilight Zone 
• Superman 

Kids

• Howdy Doody Time 
• Lassie 
• Walt Disney 
• Mickey Mouse Club 

Schools:

There were schools in the fifties that did not allow blacks. The schools for the whites were nice and clean. The schools for the blacks had very little supplies and were dirty. In 1954 this changed; those schools that had segregated children, had to bring them together.