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Numbers 1957

2010 prices today?. Numbers 1957. .03- 1 st . Class stamp .19- loaf of bread .25- issue of Sports Illustrated .35- movie ticket .50- gallon of milk (delivered) $2.05- avg. hourly wage $2,845- new car $19,500- new home. * * * * * * * * . 1953-1961. Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Numbers 1957

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  1. 2010 prices today? Numbers 1957 • .03- 1st. Class stamp • .19- loaf of bread • .25- issue of Sports Illustrated • .35- movie ticket • .50- gallon of milk (delivered) • $2.05- avg. hourly wage • $2,845- new car • $19,500- new home * * * * * * * *

  2. 1953-1961 Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower *Cold War events *Wars *Home Life *Civil Rights events

  3. Oct. 4, 1957- Soviets launch Sputnik I, first artificial satellite to orbit the earth U.S. creates NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)- coordinate research in rocket science & space exploration NDEA (National Defense Education Act)- provided funds for education & training in science, math, & foreign languages Cold War Events Sputnik I

  4. 1956- Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev became leader of the Soviet Union (3 years after Stalin’s death) Jan. 31, 1958- U.S. launched its own satellite (Explorer I) from Cape Canaveral in Florida Cold War Events… http://www.archive.org/details/1959-03-05_Big_3_and_Berlin

  5. Wars- Korean War • Eisenhower was president-elect (elected in 1952) when the armistice was signed in 1953.

  6. Home Life 1956- Federal Hwy. Act- $25 bil. for 10 yr. effort to build more than 40,000 miles of interstate highways Minimum hourly wage increased from .75 to $1.00 Growth of suburbs & the Baby Boom- Between 1945-1961, more than 65 mil. children born in the U.S.

  7. Home Life… http://www.archive.org/details/Uncondit1956 • Polio vaccine developed 1955 • By 1957, 40 mil. T.V. sets in use • Rock & Roll- Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Supremes 1950s TV

  8. Civil Rights • Notes will be added later.

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