14-2 1950s Affluence (no spaces, 2-word answers)

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Across
  1. 2. ___ _ ___ stemmed from African American rhythm-and-blues records (no apostrophes)
  2. 3. After W.W. 2, 65 million children were born during the ___ ___ , in the United States
  3. 5. First business ___ took over inventory, payroll,& billing, so fewer clerical workers were needed
  4. 9. 1950s, More Americans worked in ___ at white-collar jobs, due to mechanization of farms & factories
  5. 10. The ___ were inspired by African American rock ’n’ roll singers Little Richard & Chuck Berry
  6. 12. Suburbs grew because people wanted to escape the ___ of the city
  7. 14. ___ were white writers who focused on the values gap in America & who criticized American culture
  8. 16. ___ helped fuel the 1950s spending spree, as Americans began began looking for consumer goods
  9. 17. Elvis Presley had popular moves, swinging his hips and ___ in ways that shocked people
  10. 19. With the average American income tripling, the 1950s became a decade of ___
  11. 20. Baby Boom was caused by people waiting to get ___ after W.W. 2
Down
  1. 1. ___ ___ were created when U.S. physicists created a tiny electric generator called a transistor
  2. 4. ___ attendance dropped as television shows became popular
  3. 6. Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for ___ , which meant that pools and playgrounds were no longer deserted
  4. 7. The ___ was used in the 1940s, but only 8,000; By 1957, 40 million had been sold
  5. 8. Bill Levitt mass-produced hundreds of similar-looking homes in a suburb called ___
  6. 11. Antibiotics helped end the fear of ___ , which was no longer a top-10 fatal illness
  7. 13. The first ___ was placed inside a person in 1952, to help them survive heart attacks
  8. 15. At a ___ , a manager worked in a store that made up a chain of stores, which all looked the same
  9. 18. American studios won over European audiences & diffused American ___ around the world
  10. 20. 1946, ___ calculations were made by the one of the earliest computers, called ENIAC
  11. 21. The entertainment industry targeted 1950s teens because they had disposable ___