1950s BINGO

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Across
  1. 1. Offered to returning veterans: tuition money, low interest loans for a house or business, and a year of unemployment pay
  2. 4. A way to buy things without having to pay the full amount up front-pay a little each month with an interest rate
  3. 5. Ownership of these soared and Americans took to the interstate systems to visit drive-ins, National Parks, and DisneyLand.
  4. 8. Places where kids could grow up with grass stains on their pants, located outside of cities
  5. 10. The competition between the United States and the USSR to try and build up as many weapons of mass destruction as possible
  6. 11. Region of the US where many families moved during the 1950s-includes the states: AL. GA, TX, FL, SC, TN, MS, CA, NM, OK, AZ
  7. 12. Houses built on assembly lines- needed since so many people were purchasing homes.
  8. 16. The communist leader of the USSR
  9. 18. A prison in Siberia where people who went up against Stalin were sent to work and die
  10. 19. The ideal family during the 1950s: stay at home mom, dad who worked, and 2-3 kids
  11. 20. What most people bought using the new credit cards that were available-such as washers, dryers, refrigerators
Down
  1. 2. System of roads that spanned the United States
  2. 3. A metaphorical line that separated the free and democratic West from the communistic and repressive East
  3. 5. The goal to keep communism to where it was and not allow it to spread
  4. 6. The USSR’s restrictive government which did not allow its people to worship how they wanted, speak badly of the government, or really any freedoms
  5. 7. Russia and the surrounding countries-communist
  6. 9. 90% of Americans would own one of these during the 1950s, a nice way to relax in your living room
  7. 13. A way that people would see movies by parking and watching from their cars.
  8. 14. The United States' successful dropping off of supplies from the sky to help save the people of West Berlin and not let it fall to communism
  9. 15. Explosion in population once WWII ended and soldiers returned home
  10. 17. The United States' promise to provide help to any country who was trying to fight off communism