For each term or name, write a concise sentence or two explaining its significance.
1. Baby Boom
The baby boom was during the late 1940's and through the early 1960s. The baby boom was the birth rate in the United States and how it soares out of control. At the height of the baby boom in 1957 one american infant was born every second seconds- a totaly of 4308000 that year. the result was the largest generation in the nation's history.
2. Dr. Jonas Salk
Dr. Jonas Salk came up with a vacine for the crippling disease polimomyelitis-polio. Many parents were scared of the childhood diseases.
3. Interstate Highway System
The interstate highway system helped for many things like saving time because they were highspeed, long haul trucking, and this helped decline in the commercial use of railroads. The system of highways also helped unify and homogenize the nation. The use of railroads helped save time from getting to say brooklyn to los angeles without a change of diet, scenery, or culture. You could also get gas off the highways which made things very easy.
4. Franchise
A franchise is a company that offers similar products or services in many locations. A Franchise is sold to any individual to do business using the parent companys name and the system that the parent company developed.
5. In a paragraph, describe in detail how Americans spent their leisure time in the 1950s
In the 1950s Americans spent their leisure time doing many different things. Since they had so much time they could do more things. Employees worked a 40 hour shift and could get several weeks vacation per week. Many people owned more labor saving devices, such as washing machines, clothes dryers, dishwashers, and power lawn mowers which allowed more time fr leisure activites. Many people participated in such sports as fishing, bowling, hunting, boating and gold. More fans than ever attended basball, basketball, and football games and others watched professional games on tv. Many americans also spend the leisure of their time reading. They read about cooking and religion and do it yourself projects, also homeworking.
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