Timeline Trivia 1950's

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  1. 3. This evangelist gained national attention in the 1950s for his large religious crusades.
  2. 4. The first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
  3. 5. Dr. Jonas Salk developed this breakthrough vaccine in 1955.
  4. 6. This government program helped veterans attend college in record numbers during the 1950s.
  5. 7. This new way to watch shows was first broadcast in 1951.
  6. 11. This publisher launched Playboy magazine in 1953.
  7. 12. Watson and Crick discovered the double helix in 1953.
  8. 14. This Soviet spacecraft carried the first living creature, Laika, into orbit in 1957.
  9. 15. This iconic actor starred in "Rebel Without a Cause" before his tragic death in 1955.
  10. 16. Civil rights activist who refused to give up her bus seat in 1955.
  11. 18. In 1951, Yolande Betbeze refused to pose in a ___, sparking change in the Miss America pageant's rules.
  12. 20. Cuban revolutionary leader who rose to power in 1959.
  13. 22. These colorful building bricks were patented in 1958.
  14. 24. Montgomery Bus Boycott Civil rights protest sparked by who’s arrest in 1955.
  15. 27. This college football team won multiple championships in the 1950s under coach Frank Leahy.
  16. 29. This music genre, led by Elvis Presley, took off in the 1950s.
  17. 30. Little Rock Nine group of African American students who integrated an ____high school in 1957.
  18. 31. This "Happiest Place on Earth" opened in California in 1955.
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  1. 1. War between North and South
  2. 2. The Diners Club introduced the first widely used version of this in the 1950s.
  3. 4. Landmark 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled school ___ unconstitutional.
  4. 8. This music company signed Elvis Presley in 1955.
  5. 9. This stylish Ford car, a competitor to the Corvette, was introduced in 1955.
  6. 10. Where the1956 Summer Olympic Games were held.
  7. 13. This circular toy became a craze in the late 1950s.
  8. 17. This fast-food giant opened its first franchise restaurant in 1955.
  9. 19. published The Catcher in the Rye in 1951.
  10. 21. Greece and Turkey joined this military alliance in 1952.
  11. 23. First successfully climbed by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
  12. 25. The Twilight Zone created in 1959 by
  13. 26. This comic strip featuring Charlie Brown debuted in 1950.
  14. 28. She became Queen of England in 1952.