Ryan Lee December 6‚ 2010 1950s Interesting Facts 1950 • 64% of Americans now live in cities • Silly Putty is introduced! • North Korea invades South Korea. Truman orders the U.S. into the war. 3 million soldiers and civilians will be killed or wounded before it ends in 1953. • The Open Kettle‚ a coffee and donut shop in Quincy Mass. is renamed Dunkin’ Donuts. • Diner’s Club becomes the first credit card. 1951 • 20 year old outfielder Willie Mays joins N.Y. Giants
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The 1950s was a return of a conservative government after it saw off Truman and FDR. Not only that‚ but the 1950s saw a change in other areas as well. Because of America’s new view‚ and the public’s new way of life‚ there came about an age of political‚ social‚ and cultural conformity. America had socially conformed. “If parents‚ teachers…conducted their responsibilities by following ratings…” (Doc I). What this is saying is that if everyone were to go about their jobs to get a majority approval
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delivering Tutsi civilians to an airport to export them out of Rwanda.While his family went with the UN Peter stayed behind at his hotel.Even though they end up having to returned to the hotel by Hutu rebels this decision was morally right for Peter do that. First of all he runs the hotel.In the movie Peter treats the hotel as any old normal hotel while in reality he is trying to hide Tutsi civilians. When the UN tried to delivered Tutsi including Peter’s family they still left behind a lot of them
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Curtis White: A Good Without Light In a world where carbon foot print‚ green initiatives and conservation efforts have become common place household words‚ a voice of irascible reasoning challenges the capitalist technocracy that created it. In his essay‚ “A Good Without Light”‚ Curtis White proposes that sustainability has taken on philosophical properties and is a futile attempt by empirical science to figure out ways to maintain the status quo without impacting social norms. He argues that
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Conformity in the 1950s During the post WWII period in America‚ the face of the nation changed greatly under the presidency of Truman and Eisenhower. America underwent another era of good feelings as they thought themselves undefeatable and superior over the rest of the world. Communism was the American enemy and American sought to rid the world of it. Because of the extreme paranoia caused by Communism‚ conformity became an ideal way to distinguish American Culture from the rest. Conformity
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2013 The “Booms” of the 1950s After the war during the 1950s many aspects of life started to “boom”. The booming economy‚ booming suburban life‚ and the “baby boom” all occurred. After World War II ended‚ people had positive attitudes about life and wanted to have many children and create the perfect family. People believed their lives would now be prosperous and filled with happiness. Unemployment was low and the middle-class had money to spend. In the beginning of the 1950s everything seemed to
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Women’s Fashion in the 1950s The 1950s post-World War II era‚ were a time of fashion evolution. Advances in textile technology subsequent to the war gave way to new fabrics such as spandex and easy-care finishes that suited suburban lifestyle for women in the 1950s. The 1940s boxy structure look with square shoulders and short skirts were replaced by Christian Dior’s “New Look” silhouette‚ which also gave way to an unfitted‚ structural look in the later 1950s. After years of military and civilian
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Examining the Impact of the 1950’s on the Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movement‚ is generally identified with what occurred in the 1950s and 1960s in the United States‚ though it was active long before this‚ and continues it activity to the present day. The goals of the movement were to end racial segregation and other forms of discrimination against African Americans while obtaining federal protection of the rights of citizenship contained in the Constitution and relevant federal law
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Cause and Effect Essay Week two Assignment two: Cause and effect Essay Joetta Wray Campbell South University College Cause and Effect Essay The first horror movie I ever saw I can remember like it was yesterday I walked into a dark movie theater the first time without my parents excited and scared all at the same time‚ it was my first time seeing a horror movie. It was the
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AfTo what extent does the affluence of the 1950s account for the Conservative election victories of 1955 and 1959? Hannah van Teutem. The affluence of Britain in the 1950s was a large reason as to why the Conservative Party gained victory in both the 1955 and 1959 election. Nevertheless‚ there were other factors which also had an impact on the success of the party. For example‚ there were the different issues with the weaknesses and the strengths of the Conservative party. Following this‚ there
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