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Hippie Lifestyle
A movement to erode the values of traditional American culture
McCarran-Walter Act
outlined new American immigration policies
Theodore Geisel
popular writer known as Dr. Seuss
Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird
Jackson Pollock
popularized drip paintings
Norman Rockwell
famous painter of scene of everyday American life
Walter Cronkite
“the most trusted man in America”
Jackie Robinson
1st black American to play on a major league team
Hank Aaron
best known for breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record
Walker Robinson
best pound-for-pound boxer of all time
Muhammad Ali
greatest heavyweight boxer of all time
Jim Brown
considered one of the greatest running backs of all time
Jack Nicklaus
golf’s greatest star of the television era
Miracle on Ice
American Olympic hockey team defeated Soviet Russia in 1980s olympics
1954
Congress legalized adding “one nation under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance; Eisenhower was president
Voice of the Martyrs
started by Richard Wurmbrand (prisoner in Communist Romania); a ministry to people living behind the Iron Curtain
Bicentennial Celebration
America celebrated her 200th birthday in 1976
Baby boomers
What was the generation of the 1950s-1960s known as
Suburbs
What became popular during the 1960s
Levitt and Sons
What company built Levittown
Toy industry
What industry in the 1960s tripled in size
Dr. Seuss
What was Theodor Geisel known as
Bonanza and Gunsmoke
What Westerns became popular in the 1970s and 1980s
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