1955 chevy photo from happy days movie3/31/2024 Meanwhile, a new invention called television was replacing the radio as a living room fixture in homes across the land. Underneath the innocent "Happy Days" decade lay the dark underbelly of nuclear war, and the fear of communists (they were everywhere) as well as beatniks, teen rebels and a new genre of music called rock 'n roll that promised to end Western civilization as we knew it! The beginning of the decade saw the US take off as a world super power, still testing its wings.īy the end of the decade, the Cold War was at its height as President Eisenhower warned about the dangers of a US military-industrial complex. With America a new world leader following World War II, the 1950's saw returning GI's finding jobs at booming industries.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply.AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |