extreme lengths just to get their hands on alcohol. The illegal production and sale of liquor‚ the proliferation of speakeasies‚ and the rise in gang violence and other crimes went way up. This led to waning support for Prohibition at the end of the 1920’s. Both federal‚ and local government struggled to enforce Prohibition. The enforcement of alcohol was initially assigned to the IRS‚ and was later transferred to the Justice Department. In general‚ Prohibition was enforced much more
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Politics : The 1950’s is a great choice for those interested in politics. The 1950’s was a great period for political achievements and upsets. For example during the 1950’s McCarthyism was just starting to flourish. Another major political event was when President Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated his running opponent Adlai E. Stevenson for President of the United States of America. Economics: The 1950s was a very elaborate time where the majority of Americans achieved prosperity previously never known
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own theory in the 1920s; this was one of the first attempts to focus on the social conditions that lead to delinquency. They wanted to explain why juvenile crime rates were so high in areas of a city characterized by urban decay. Why was there increased delinquency in the zone in transition? There were three characteristics of interstitial areas identified by Shaw McKay: cultural heterogeneity‚ mobility‚ and poverty. In the 1920s‚ a big number of immigrants from many countries came to the United
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Describe the 1950’s in America. To what extent was this an era of hope? For whom? Why? I) Referred to as Affluent Society or “golden age”. American idea of freedom was economic abundance. This was a time of prosperity for the middle class (60% of Americans). Between 1946-1960‚ American gross national product more than doubled. The Cold War fueled industrial production. This lead to an increase in wages and more jobs. II) American Standard of living increased. Former luxuries became
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most. Many Americans today actually believe that in hindsight‚ U.S. troops should never have been brought in to keep South Vietnam contained from Communism—since it ended in complete failure. Over half a million Americans ended up losing their lives‚ many adolescent Vietnamese were killed‚ and the efforts of our troops appeared to be in vain. However‚ in the 1950s‚ there is no way that a lasting outcome such as this could have been foreseen—and‚ at first‚ support pointed in favor of the Vietnam War.
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The 1950`s was an amazing time to decade and an exciting time in the U.S. This time period had an immense economic surge in U.S. This 1950`s decade was thrilling because of new fashion styles‚ less crimes and the booming music. The fashion was exaggerating in the 1970`s because of the new fashion styles that were coming out. The new fashion styles were booming (source 1‚ paragraph 1). The styles wa used to be a common standard of looks(source 1‚ paragraph 5). Some of the larges styles were going
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America Becomes a World Power From its humble beginnings as a territory ruled by the British crown‚ America grew into one of the biggest major world powers. While the country started out insignificant to the greater picture‚ in just thirty short years between 1890 and 1920 America became one of the strongest world powers. This was largely through the country’s eagerness to expand across the continent and their growing economic influence due to the Industrial Revolution. From the beginning of
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Holly Tran October 11th‚ 2012 History of Television Professor Celli Critical Analysis Paper Television in the 1950’s: The Impact on America Television. Such a simple nine letter word but this word alone is most likely to be one of the most well known words in the universe. According to the latest Nielson report‚ on the consumption of television‚ the average American watches a minimum of five hours of television per day. If we were to estimate that the average American does get at least the recommended
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Filmmakers were forced to adapt‚ changing the industry. By the Second World War‚ the film industry cooperated with the government‚ to gain support towards the war effort. Cinema began to have a great cultural impact‚ becoming the mass medium for consumption of information and ideas. This influence occurred slowly and sublimely‚ deeply rooted and enduring in society. Following the Great Depression and World War Two‚ the film industry became lucrative before the advent of the home television during
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world war Life in the 1930’s Sports: during the great depression‚ people were miserable. There was barley any good news in the papers. The best way to escape being miserable in that decade was sports. The soccer world cup‚ hockey‚ boxing and the summer olympics of 1936 were all great entertainment for the people stuck in the depression Transportation: transportation was different back then from what it is today. They usually used cars or street cars to get from one place to another in a
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