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 Catcher in the Rye Relative to the 1950’s The Catcher in the Rye can be strongly considered as one of the greatest novels of all time and Holden Caufield distinguishes himself as one of the greatest and most diverse characters. His moral system and his sense of justice force him to detect horrifying flaws in the society in which he lives. However‚ this is not his principle difficulty. His principle difficulty is not that he is a rebel‚ or a coward‚ nor that he hates society‚ it is that
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Miss Wesson Topic 17: The extension of Chinese Communism into Tibet in the 1940s and 1950s has been described as been both a ‘blessing’ and a ‘curse’. Discuss this with reference to the impact on Tibetan society politically‚ economically and socially. The country of Tibet had remained independent for many years resisting numerous small scale attempts of its takeover until the Chinese invasion of 1950. This invasion meant that the Chinese Communists would primarily have control over the Tibetan
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Australia’s Response to Communism in the 1950’s In the 1950’s the world had just come out of the greatest war in human history. In the aftermath of this war many countries turned to communism. It was against this threat of communism that the Australian government reacted in such a wide variety of ways. Although there were a wide variety of ways in which Australia reacted there were perhaps three that were the most prevalent and influential. Firstly Australia sent troops to fight in Korea to avoid
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Parallels between the Crucible and America in the 1950s In these two particular time periods‚ there were a substantial amount of similarities. The most apparent one was that everyone lived in fear; scared that they would be prosecuted based on accusations‚ whether they were factual or not‚ and the personnel in both scenarios made the situations as serious as they were. One key element to both the Salem Witch Trials and America in the 1950s was the punishment for refusing to confess‚ and the reward
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portrait of family is ever changing because societal values seem to evolve and diversify as time passes. Today‚ much of this evolution in the perceptions of kinship ideals can be attributed to media and advertising influences. A typical family in the 1950s would probably
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Everything that happened throughout the 1950s that impacted the economy to grow had an effect on each other and helped benefit the United States in different ways. The change in the federal government by President Eisenhower helped give the people of the United States a positive few on the future
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“I Love Lucy” was arguably the most popular TV show in the 1950’s. Aired between 1951-1957‚ the comedy filled millions of American homes with laughter. The plot of the story is simple and lighthearted: Lucy and husband‚ Ricky‚ go through everyday life. Ricky is the lead singer in a mariachi band and Lucy is a housewife. However‚ Lucy is always scheming plans with her best friend and landlord‚ Ethel‚ to become a star at the venues Ricky performs in. This usually results in Ricky and Ethel’s husband
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The 1950’s was a time marked by fear‚ paranoia‚ and persecution‚ where even Hollywood was under scrutiny. Those involved in Hollywood whether it be directing or acting found themselves being censored and limited due to the political events taking place around the world. Within the accounts of Mark Goodson and Arthur Miller‚ they cite the ways in which the anti-communist movement affected television programming and motion pictures during the 1950’s. To start‚ Mark Goodson recalls his experiences
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extent did Mao Zedong’s leadership bring change to China in the years 1960-69? Mao Zedong’s leadership‚ from 1960 to 1969‚ brought a great extent of change to all aspects of peoples lives. His leadership greatly changed women’s role in China. In 1950‚ he was determines to change old attitudes to women and make them be equal to men‚ and not be seen as second-class citizens. So‚ Mao introduced the Marriage Law‚ which placed women legally on an equal basis with men and broke the power of the traditional
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