1950s American Pop Culture

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Across
  1. 2. popular restaurants for teens and families
  2. 4. outdoor theaters where people watched from their cars
  3. 8. gorgeous Hollywood actress & icon
  4. 9. TV variety show that featured performers often
  5. 12. movie highlighting teenage rebellion
  6. 15. the king of rock & roll
  7. 16. famous theme park that opened in California in 1955
  8. 17. large increase in births after WW2
Down
  1. 1. popular new music style during the decade
  2. 3. Competition between USSR & US to get to space
  3. 5. famous-mass produced suburban housing communities
  4. 6. famous TV comedy starring Lucille Ball
  5. 7. fear of communism in the U.S.
  6. 9. new technology that transformed consumerism
  7. 10. neighborhoods built outside of cities
  8. 11. actor who played Jim Stark in Rebel Without a Cause
  9. 13. young people who rejected mainstream culture
  10. 14. popular toy spun around kids' waists