The 1940s

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The 1940s

• By Skyler Collins

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Toys

• Slinky

• Silly putty

• Tonka Toys

• Clue

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athletes

• Willie Pep

Joe Dimaggio
Jackie Robinson
Pete gray
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Actors

• Humphrey Bogart

• Gary cooper

• Lou costello

• Spencer tracy

• Bud Abbott

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T.V. Shows

• Howdy Doody

Texaco Star theater
The ed sullivan show
The original amateur hour
Kukla, fran and ollie
The goldbergs
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Movies
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costs

• In 1940
• Gallon of gas 11 cents
• New house 3,920.00
• Refrigerator 239.00
• Mattress 38.00
• 100 aspirin 76 cents

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Musicians

• Rosemary Clooney
• Count Basie

• artie shaw

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Inventions

• Aqua lung
• 45 rpm record
• Atomic bomb
• Napalm

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fashion

• Zoot suit

• women's convertible suit

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events

• Begins the cold war
• 1942 Enrico Fermi reports the first nuclear
  reaction
• 1948 Gandhi assassinated
• 1946 First computer
• 1944 World bank is born

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