The 1950s

by Stephen Feinstein

Book Overview

During the 1950s, the United States became a world leader in business, technology, and health care. The invention of the polio vaccine and the establishment of NASA set the stage for scientific advancement. Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, spurring the civil rights movement. However, U.S. troops fought to a deadlock in Korea, the Soviet Union took an early lead in the Space Race, and Americans worried about the presence of Soviet spies...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0766069303
• ISBN13: 9780766069305
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12