The 1950’s 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
Premium Cold War United States World War II
The women of Nervous Conditions live in a world still fraught with patriarchy and inequality. It was the way of life in the 60’s‚ in Rhodesia especially. Inequality was a cultural normality‚ a repression of the mind‚ body‚ and spirit from birth. For Tambu‚ a simple poor Rhodesian girl‚ this repression was only revealed to her through a series of events unforeseen and unimaginable to anyone. These events led to a women’s education‚ another woman’s fall‚ and a mother’s growth. And just like everything
Premium Gender Woman Sociology
stylists‚ ever compelled to ‘improve’ on last year’s model‚ gave streamlining a bad name.” (Hodges‚ Coad‚ Stone‚ Sparke‚ Aldersey-Williams‚ The New Design Source Book‚ 1992‚ p.158) Discuss in relationship to the ‘innovation’ in household designs of the 1950’s‚ how do these designs compare to similar examples of today? Do designers today feel “compelled to improve on last years model? “American corporate designers were learned in Modernist theory‚ but nevertheless found bulbous aerodynamic bodyshells
Premium Design Designer Graphic design
1950’s Over past nine weeks we’ve embarked on a journey spanning seven decades of cult films and also received a brief education of our not so distant past. We’ve seen the outrageous‚ the good‚ the bad and the ugly‚ the weirdly dramatic‚ and the just plain weird of the last seven decades of cult films and how in the end somehow find away to incorporate a piece of American culture at the time. However‚ by far the most intriguing decade to me would have to be the nineteen fifties. There are many reasons
Premium Film World War II Film director
The 1960s was a time of optimism and rebellion‚ but not for everyone. I interviewed my Grandparents Roberta (Copeland) Bradley and James Bradley‚ in order to see the 60s from both a man’s and a woman’s perspective. Before conducting the interview‚ I didn’t know much about the 1960s‚ I knew the bold points like civil rights‚ Cuban missile crisis‚ feminine movement and Vietnam. I learned most of my information through reading the chapters of my history book. Reading the textbook helped me know the
Premium Lyndon B. Johnson John F. Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis
The Forever changing Events of the 1950’s -1990’s Throughout the last fifty years there are many events that significantly shaped who we are today and changed America’s future greatly. Throughout these decades the American experience has greatly varied. There were several wars such as the Cold War‚ Vietnam War‚ and the Gulf War all which took its own toll on the American people and their economy. The civil rights movement‚ protest‚ and demonstrations throughout the decades
Premium Richard Nixon Cold War Ronald Reagan
The 1950’s and 1960’s was a period in history in which there was much turmoil between the nations of the world. The most notorious rivalry was between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ as both countries were seeking a dominant position with the intent of influencing the world’s nonaligned nations. For the majority of the second half of the twentieth century‚ the Soviet Union and the United States were embroiled in a global contest; an aspect of this battle was the growing field of space technology
Premium World War II Cold War United States
government was not showing the same war footage as these journalist‚ which led to hostile riots such as Kent State Massacre. Towards the end of the American involvement with Vietnam the trust in the government was truly damaged by the censorship‚ 1960’s-1970’s activism‚ and presidential scandals. SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE: The US’ involvement into Vietnam started after North Vietnam was aided by communist countries Russia and China. The North Vietnam (with help from Vietcong) began a massive "recovery"
Premium Vietnam War Richard Nixon Lyndon B. Johnson
Society and Identity Essay for the 1950’s Inaara Manji There were many changes in Canadian society following World War II. The 1970’s saw the growth of the largest population in the history of the world. With 6 million children being born‚ the “baby-boomer” generation would change Canada‚ as we know it. The rapid growth of the baby-boomer generation also led to the fact that women now had to look after their babies at home and also their husbands instead of working like they were during the World
Premium World War II Baby boomer World War I
founding in 1789‚ and we can also say that it was great in 1950‚ then how must we change our definition of greatness in order to account for the difference between the country at these two times? America was great at both of these points in history‚ but it was great for different reasons. By the 20th century‚ the definition of “American greatness” had changed to place emphasis on military power‚ wealth‚ and size. The greatness of America in the 1950’s was understood in America’s economic and military power
Premium United States Nationalism