Name __________________________________________ Period ____ Date ___________
Research the answers to the following questions below by exploring the websites on your WebQuest.
Write down your answers in the space provided and have FUN! 
1. History of McDonald’s:
A. When was the first McDonald’s founded, and by whom?
B. When did Ray Kroc open his first McDonald’s and what were the first day’s sales?
C. What happened in 1961 in the history of McDonald’s?
D. When was the Big Mac introduced?
E. What did Ray Kroc originally do?
F. Describe Ray Kroc’s idea that transformed the existing fast food industry
G. Define “franchise”:
2. Development of television:
A. How many television sets were in the United States in 1950?
B. What happened to television in the 1950s?
C. Who was one of the first famous television news anchors, and what did he do before TV?
D. Who was Walter Cronkite?
E. Describe the connection between television, the Vietnam War, and the American people
F. What kinds of events were reported on television during the 1960s?
3. Elvis Presley
A. How many records did Elvis Presley sell?
B. What were his record chart statistics (#1 songs, etc.)?

C. How many Grammy nominations/wins did Elvis receive?
D. Describe Elvis’s military career (when he was drafted, where he served, his polio shot)
E. Check out the photos from Elvis’s life and career
4. Assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy
A. What day was Kennedy assassinated? Where was he and what was he doing?
B. Who allegedly shot Kennedy? How did this person die?
C. What are some of the theories for why Kennedy was assassinated?
5. Space Race and Moon Landing
A. Which country launched the first satellite?
B. Who was the first person in space? Which country was he from?
C. Who were the three men on the Apollo 11 crew?
D. When did the first moon landing take place? What was Neil Armstrong’s famous quote?
E. What did the astronauts need to wear on the moon? What did they do during the moon landing?
6. The hippie movement
A. What were some of the things hippies believed in?
B. Where did the hippie movement begin?
C. How did hippies feel about the Vietnam War and what did they do about it?