1950s United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1950s_United_States
GPTKB entity
Statements (109)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1959
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1950s United States
gptkbp:notableCategory gptkb:American_Bandstand
gptkb:Rock_Around_the_Clock
gptkb:Mad_Magazine
gptkb:The_Sound_of_Music_(stage)
gptkb:The_King_and_I_(musical)
gptkb:Beat_Generation
gptkb:East_of_Eden
gptkb:Singin'_in_the_Rain
gptkb:The_Catcher_in_the_Rye
gptkb:The_Twilight_Zone
gptkb:toy_line
gptkb:Gunsmoke
gptkb:Peanuts_comic_strip
gptkb:Perry_Mason
gptkb:The_Lone_Ranger
gptkb:The_Mickey_Mouse_Club
gptkb:Leave_It_to_Beaver
gptkb:Lolita
gptkb:The_Bridge_on_the_River_Kwai
gptkb:The_Ed_Sullivan_Show
gptkb:giant
gptkb:12_Angry_Men
gptkb:A_Streetcar_Named_Desire
gptkb:Ben-Hur
gptkb:Catcher_in_the_Rye
gptkb:Playboy_magazine
gptkb:Rear_Window
gptkb:The_African_Queen
gptkb:The_Ten_Commandments
gptkb:Dr._Seuss_books
gptkb:Guys_and_Dolls
gptkb:On_the_Road
gptkb:Rebel_Without_a_Cause
gptkb:Shane
gptkb:South_Pacific
gptkb:The_Music_Man
gptkb:My_Fair_Lady_(musical)
gptkb:Peter_Pan_(musical)
gptkb:The_Cat_in_the_Hat
gptkb:Vertigo
gptkb:Some_Like_It_Hot
gptkb:West_Side_Story_(musical)
gptkb:Oklahoma!_(musical)
gptkb:Davy_Crockett
gptkb:From_Here_to_Eternity
gptkb:I_Love_Lucy
gptkb:Dragnet
gptkb:High_Noon
gptkb:North_by_Northwest
gptkb:The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still
gptkb:The_Honeymooners
gptkb:Levittown
gptkb:Bonanza
gptkb:Breakfast_at_Tiffany's
gptkb:On_the_Waterfront
gptkb:The_Seven_Year_Itch
gptkb:Father_Knows_Best
gptkb:Chevrolet_Bel_Air
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Polio vaccine
TV dinners
Rock and roll music
Disneyland opening
Drive-in restaurants
Drive-in theaters
Elvis Presley's music
Godzilla (US release)
Hula hoop
McDonald's expansion
Sputnik (USSR satellite, but influenced US)
Suburban homes
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Elizabeth_II
gptkb:Elvis_Presley
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:Jack_Kerouac
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Jonas_Salk
gptkb:Lucille_Ball
gptkb:Marilyn_Monroe
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Richard_Nixon
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkb:Joseph_McCarthy
gptkb:James_Dean
gptkb:Ray_Kroc
gptkbp:president gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Baby_Boom
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Interstate_Highway_System
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Montgomery_Bus_Boycott
gptkb:Space_Race
gptkb:McCarthyism
gptkb:Red_Scare
Suburbanization
Rock and Roll emergence
gptkbp:startDate 1950
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1950s_Nevada
gptkb:Destroy_All_Humans!
gptkb:Lovecraft_Country_(TV_series)
gptkb:Captain_Michael_Quinn
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7