The 1950s and 1960s were a thrilling ride for Americans as the United States teetered on the brink of nuclear war and was in the middle of several key social movements. Americans were tired of the hypocritical beliefs that had previously been held in the United States and fought against these beliefs in full force. The civil rights movement‚ women’s movement‚ and the counterculture all fought for their rights to be acknowledged and were determined to have their voices heard by rebelling against the
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In the 1950s‚ fewer than 50‚000 americans out of the total us population of 150 million‚ were subjected to the communist party that had captivated the nation. Americans had constantly feared international communist party midea and started believing communists were everywhere leading to a mass hysteria throughout the United States. This mass hysteria that captivated the U.S. was named Red Scare. Government officials and loyalty boards started investigating millions of federal employees‚ asking personal
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lWatergate Scandal Timeline A Complicated President There have been many scandals throughout American presidential history‚ but only one has ever brought down a presidency. To understand Watergate‚ it is helpful to have an understanding of the culture of the administration‚ and of the psyche of the man himself. Richard M. Nixon was a secretive man who did not tolerate criticism well‚ who engaged in numerous acts of duplicity‚ who kept lists of enemies‚ and who used the power of the presidency to
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What Was The Fashionable 1950s Man Wearing? In the 1950’s life was changing in America. Due to the war‚ Europe had stopped producing fashion‚ this gave American designers a chance to show what they were capable of. As the wartime restrictions on fabric eased and America’s economy improved‚ the population was able to express themselves through Men and Woman’s fashion. There were certain elements of mens fashion in the 1950s that were standard amongst the general American population. As the
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During the era of the 1950’s‚ at the height of the Cold War‚ McCarthyism arose as a result of fear of the spread of communism in the United States. McCarthyism‚ named after Senator Joseph McCarthy‚ was a term which described the lack of evidence and false accusations used against people who were considered communists. Arthur Miller wrote the Crucible because he wanted to show how the relationship of McCarthyism in the 1950’s and McCarthyism in the witch trials during 1692 because the danger of people
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Life in the 1950s or 2000s Monday‚ Febuary 11 2013 By: Lexie Barnes Would I rather live in America in the 1950s or America in the 2000s? I would most definatly live in America in the 1950s because there was no internet to cause drama‚ cyberbulling etc. It was a lot less expensive for everything then America in the 2000s and also kids were not as messed up as they have became in the 2000s. Firstly‚ now in the 2000s we have internet‚ yes it is benificial in some ways because you can
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The 1950’s 1 Running Head: THE POLITICAL CLIMATE OF THE 1950S The Political Climate of the 1950s Natasha C. Stewart History 145 Robin Greenberg M.A. April 11‚ 2005 The 1950s 2 With the dropping of the Atomic bomb that ended WWII and the beginning of the Cold War‚ there was an irony of stability and turmoil in the United States. The start of the 1950s brought about many changes‚ from the Red Scare and threat of the possible spread of communism in America‚ to changes
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Teenage life in the 1950s Before the 1950s human between childhood and adulthood were called kids‚ boys and girls. But not until the 1950s there needed to be a word that described these young people‚ the word “teenager’ was developed. The rise of television offered a uniform vision of life and success. What was seen on TV became the norm‚ especially for young people. New music genres also emerged in the 1950s. All of these factors helped change the outlook of young people. One of the most influential
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but the most drastic changes came in the last 50 – 60 years. Communication has changed from people struggling to communicate over long distances to now we can virtually talk to anyone at any corner of the Earth. But it was not the same always‚ during 1950’s and 60’s was the era of revolution of communication i.e. such as telephonic answering machines created by Bell Laboratories and Western Electronics. Even though it was not affordable for most of the people and telephonic communication was also not
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Timeline of Football War Early 20th Century: Salvadorans begin migrating to Honduras in large numbers 1966: In Honduras‚ as in much of Central America‚ large landowners or big corporations owned large majorities of the land. The United Fruit Company owned 10% percent of the land‚ making it hard for the average landowners to compete. In 1966‚ the United Fruit Company banded together with many other large companies to create la Federación Nacional de Agricultores y Ganaderos de Honduras (FENAGH;
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