The Postwar Years

4. American teen actor and cultural icon, from Rebel Without A Cause
5. Iconic British American band, four members and a variety of top hits. Ex: “She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah.”
6. Liberal group, experiments with drugs, breaks laws and travels. Precursor to the poplar hippy.
8. Servicemans readjustment act assuring economic and financial aid to all armed force veterans.
9. Total of nations income divided by number of people involved; average income per person.
10. Technological advance, used as amplifier and in incorporated circuit boards.
11. Novel by J.D.Salinger, written towards adult audience yet favored by youth due to themes of teen angst and life as a teen.
13. American singer and songwriter, later actor. Rock and roll icon, controversial dancing and swinging of hips made him infamous among the older generations.
14. Corporation group consisting of two or more unrelated corporations under single ownership

1. Allow people to charge purchases and pay for them later on.
2. Time after the war in which all returning soldiers were ready to have children, thus birth rate rocketed.
3. American novelist and poet, pioneer of the Beat generation, or Beatniks. Preferred liberal form of writing.
7. Those born between the early 20s and early 40s who experienced massive cultural shifts in the generation behind.
12. Places in which another company’s products are licensed to be sold in a certain area through this business.
15. Low cost housing development for WWII veterans
16. Blues were sped up and the electrical guitar was used like never before. New form of music made people dance, teens used it as a form of rebellion.