Decade - 1950s

Retail prices of foods have increased significantly. Butter is one of the staple food items in most homes. In 1950 the cost of butter was $0.72.9 a pound.

Education has changed in many ways since 1950. First, and perhaps most importantly, schools are no longer segregated by law. There are also more testing standards in place as well as improved technology to assist students in the classroom.

Cities became more segregated by class. (Novanet-US History 1)

With the exception of the Korean War, there were no major physical conflicts of the Cold War. The "War" was actually a political stalemate and an arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union. There was evident paranoia in both countries of nuclear warfare, but it never amounted to anything but the instillation of fear in the public.

progress, but also ghetto riots and a "white backlash."

During the 50's many Native American children were still being stolen from their families and forced into Residential Schools......others were stolen and adopted out to white Christian families. Native children were dying in Residential schools, and foster homes....buried in unmarked graves so their families couldn't even give them a proper burial. Native women were being sterilized against their knowledge or consent, under the guise of routine medical care....pap smears, inoculations, check-ups...............and that is just the tip of the iceburg.

It certainly is possible that one of the teams he barnstormed with made its way through Salina, but I have found no reference of Satchel Paige to Salina. He played for the Salina Blue Jays for awhile. No question about it. Could also be called the Etherington Blue Jays as the name was changed.

This is not a question, but a statement. Rewrite a question.

1. Duck and cover
2. Building public fallout shelters
3. Civl Defense alert system

Shakespeare wrote his first play theEnglish beat the Spanish Armada

sir francis Drake sailed around the world Henry VIIIcaused the English Reformation. Elizabeth I came to the throne. The English started immigrating to America. Mary I became the first woman to officially rule England alone (as Lady Jane Grey didn't have a coronation). She went down in history as "Bloody Mary" for her persecution of English Protestants. Sir John Harrington (sp?) invented the water closet in 1596 -

Marcus Brutus had no intention of becoming king of Rome. One of the complaints against Caesar, whose assassination he participated in, was that by becoming Dictator for life he was trying to be king. Cassius was obsessively against anything smacking of kingship, and had Brutus tried anything like that, he would have been next candidate for the knife.

The Korean war happened because of what is called containment. After WWII The U.S. and the Soviet Union were world powers that didn'd like each other at all. Communism, the government that the Soviets had was spreading throughtout Asia and to other areas. The U.S. did not want the Soviets to get too many allies (most of the countries who became communists allied the soviots in the Warsaw Pact) so containment was the answer, that is they contained the Soviets where they were stopping there spread. This was all part of the cold war which really had little actual battles. But in Korea, N. Korea was Communist and S. Korea was not. The U.S. wanted to stop this so they help S. Korea resist N. Korean aggression. N. Korea atted South Korea nearly destroying them, but the United Nations join south Korea. Most of the U.N. forces were Americans but it is techniquely the U.N. who fought in that war. The fighting went back and forth like a sew saw on who was winning when the fighting was over, this war lasting for a couple years, the new border between the countries is not much different then where it started. The battle seemed to have no purpose but it did stop the comunists from spreading so it was a victory for the U.N.

The same as they do now: Cars, buses, trains, planes, motorbikes etc.

I think this is what let the door open,for women in uniform;It was the year of;1941 or 42: I remember it well, because I was in charge of the control tower at CUDDIHY FIELD(sqd 12-B)it was a time when the blacks and women were excepted' in the Navy at the same time. My commanding officer asked which I wanted to work for me? I took neither one ,as my assistant and I had things in control, for max pilot training and only previously trained,could be used. They worked out good for nurses aids.

Life in the 1950s was simple. Families ate dinner and watched TV together. People went on picnics, to dances or to theaters for fun. People left their doors unlocked because there was much less crime. Most mothers stayed home and were there for the children when they arrived home from school.

China, France, Japan; in that order.

The Cold War, a time when the United States of America and The Soviet Union held an arms face-off of nuclear weapons. No war was actually fought, but the government acted as if it were

The War in Korea: Communism spread to North Korea, which resulted in the nation attempting to conquer South Korea. At the lowest point in the war for democracy and the highest for communism, North Korea controlled all but a small patch of land. Eventually the line was settled at the 38th parallel.

The Civil Rights Movement happened in America. Martin Luther King, Jr. lead the movement of blacks against whites. He and his followers were persecuted mercilessly until the Supreme Court intervened in the court case of Brown vs. Board of Education. It overruled the previous ruling which said separate but equal and made it so that everyone was integrated within.

Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower were the Presidents of the U.S. during the 1950s. Our 33rd and 34th Presidents were Harry S. Truman, from 1945 to 1953, and Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, 1953 to 1961.

France took over Vietnam 1895 and lost control to Germany when France was invaded by Germany in WWII. Germany then transferred control of Vietnam to Japan, their ally at the time. Even though Japan ruled Vietnam, French colonial rulers kept their power and were overseen by the Japanese. The Japanese did not have nearly enough manpower to rule Vietnam. When Japan surrendered in 1945, French colonial rulers attempted a rebellion against the Japanese, but were crushed. Many of the French fled or were imprisoned. The Japanese rule was very weak and was taken over by the Viet Minh (Vietnamese nationalist group) in the same year. The French wanted to retake control of Vietnam and started negotiations with the Viet Minh. All talks failed and war was declared the following year. This war is famously known as The First Indochina War. After many years the French lost and Vietnam was independent.

Vietnam's rulers: 1895-1940 France, 1940-1945 Japan, 1945-1954 Vietnam independent, but warring with French over control.

CHUCK COOPER, EARL LLOYD, NAT CLIFTON, Bill Russell, Bill Sharman, Bob Pettit, Bob Cousy, Tom Heinsohn

In 1955 the United States had 48 states. Its last two states, Alaska and Hawaii, would be added in 1959.

The Tea Act was a British legislation that granted a monopoly on tea to the East India Company in the American colonies. Parliament passed the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 which repealed the Tea Act.

Car prices seem to rise a bit every year, like most things. A "ball park" figure for a Mini, was around £550, a bit larger family type car like a Morris Oxford would be £850, and a Aston Martin DB4GT £4500