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    Family Life In The 1950's

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    Within the 1950s the prevalent family was a two parent family‚ both mother and father. In this duration separate families were unprecedented proximately as in the event that it was illicit to be discrete. It felt this way since the way society was‚ numerous didn’t require the mortification of being dissevered and mainly women were perplexed to induce disunited. You were anticipated to induce hitched and remain hitched no matter how hopeless life was for you‚ since separate was an ignominiously. Back

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    During the 1950s‚ after World War II‚ the economy was booming‚ and many Americans were living “the American Dream‚” or enjoying material comfort. By 1956‚ the majority of Americans no longer had industrial jobs‚ such as working in the factories‚ producing goods. Instead‚ more Americans were working in professional occupations that paid more than the industrial jobs‚ such as sales‚ insurance‚ communications‚ and advertising. In addition‚ Americans in the 1950s had more leisure time than ever‚ working

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    population largely consisted of students‚ merchants‚ and workers who entered Japan during the first four decades or so after the Meiji Restoration in 1868.  In the 1920s‚ the Japanese economy experienced a shortage of labor.  In response‚ Koreans seeking better educational and employment opportunities migrated to Japan.  Until the late 1920s‚ most were male migrant workers who frequently shifted occupations.  Most ethnic Koreans were farmers from three southern provinces in Korea (North and South Kyongsang

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    Economic Problems of the 1920s Student’s Name: Institutional affiliation: Economic Problems of the 1920s The 1920s represented a time of major economic changes‚ improvements‚ adjustments‚ alterations and reforms in everything all over the world. The decade roared in some selected areas but was a big disappointment for others. The periodic time of the 1920s earned it its name the “roaring twenties” because the decade sustained prosperity‚ there were lively cultures and technology

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    a stigma against divorced people‚ and focuses unnecessarily on divorced women. Divorced women get the house‚ they get the car‚ they get the kids. Divorced women get‚ get‚ get‚ while their male counterparts do nothing but lose‚ lose‚ lose. In the 1950s‚ however‚ their roles were reversed‚ with the sympathy still in favor of the male members of the household. Men got everything in a divorce: the house‚ car‚ kids‚ money‚ and everyone’s sympathy. A divorced woman

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    The 1920s was filled with many new social movements created in order to improve the country. While some changes benefited the nation‚ others seemed to backfire. On January 17‚ 1920‚ prohibition was passed which prevented the consumption and production of alcohol (History.com Staff). Although this became a national amendment‚ millions chose to turn a blind eye toward this reformation. Alcohol was secretly made and imported to the United States and became a guilty pleasure of most Americans. Speakeasies

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    The 1950s dealt with threats from the USSR and Communism which scared many people in the United States and soon became a full-fledged paranoia. There was fear of falling behind the advances of the Communist countries‚ especially among the Soviet Union‚ creating the Red Scare. As the Cold War with the USSR escalated‚ Americans increased their suspicions of Communist influences. Due to this‚ a special committee was formed in order to investigate Communists in America known as HUAC (The House Un-American

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    Inventions In the 1950s a lot of things were invented and things that may look like they were invented a couple of years back but the truth is that all the items list here were invented in the 1950s. Starting in 1950 the very first credit card named (Diners) invented by Ralph Schneider. Then in 1951 Super glue was invented and in the same year Power Steering AKA (steering) was invented by Francis W. Davis‚ and the first video tape recorder (VTR) invented by Charles Ginsburg. In 1952‚ people came

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    By the end of World War I‚ the United States grew increasingly isolationistic in its policies. Even though the United States emerged from the war as one of the victors‚ the American people were greatly dispirited by the devastation. Many hoped to return to the peaceful decade before the war. Isolationism‚ according to the people at that time‚ seemed to be the only way to avoid foreign entanglements that would lead to another war. With the American mind set on isolationism‚ the government enacted

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    Racism Racism has always been strong in America‚ but in the 1950s there was more to be concerned about. There were laws for African Americans that would make them not as equal as whites. African Americans were only allowed to use their own bathrooms‚ school’s‚ water fountains‚ hospitals and busses. Racism in the 1950s was far aggressive with segregation and violence from today. Many African Americans lost family members during this time period. Many were adults but there were still children.

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