Most Significant Events 1950s to Today April 24‚ 2011 HIS 135 Introduction: The history of the United States plays a huge role in how the nation‚ as well as the world‚ is today. Politics‚ social‚ and economic factors led our country to where it is now. The following paragraphs will explain how each of these factors has helped shape the world by covering the most important events from each decade beginning in 1950 and continuing until 2000. The topics covered will include the Civil Rights Movement
Premium United States World War II Cold War
The people that I interviewed were my grandparents. Both of whom where born and lived in China during the 1950-1970 time period. In China school life was very easy and relaxed compared to America. My grandmother‚ Jin Xia Pan‚ was born on November of 1940 to two loving parents. She claims that she was one of the smartest kids in her city. She would do very well in school and would compete in many different academic competitions. In the interview‚ she stated that school was always easy for her and
Premium United States Family People's Republic of China
6 Car Sales: 6‚665‚800 Average Salary: $2‚992 Labor Force male/female: 5/2 Cost of a loaf of bread: $0.14 Bomb shelter plans‚ like the government pamphlet You Can Survive‚ become widely available Important Historic and Cultural Events 1950 - Pres. Harry Truman ( ’til 1952) approves production of the hydrogen bomb and sends air force and navy to Korea in June. 1951 - Transcontinental television begins with a speech by Pres. Truman. 1953 - 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower is president
Premium Abstract expressionism Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Dwight D. Eisenhower
During the 1960’s and 1970’s rock music took the nation by storm‚ again. With its new wave of music‚ evident in the more dynamic tempos and uplifting sound‚ rock and roll had a much more impactful message to spread than it had in the 1950’s. In the 1950’s the music was simply made for fun‚ whilst in the 60’s and 70’s‚ although the music was still fun‚ in was proving a much more specific criticism on racial disputes. There was a notable spilt in the industry between black rock and roll and white rock
Premium African American Elvis Presley Blues
The 1950s and early 1960s were two crucial periods in the educational development of Malaysia. The transition from colonial rule to self government during these two periods had brought to the fore the adverse effect of the segregated school systems created by the British colonial government on the role of education as a tool for nation building. It had also heightened the sharp disparity in educational advancement between the Malays and the non-Malays‚ especially the Chinese. This was the result
Free Malaysia Singapore Primary education
While the New Left pushed the definition of freedom beyond anything previously imagined‚ the Civil Rights Movement sought to gain for African Americans the same freedoms that had been the status quo for the nation’s white citizens for decades. The 1950s had been a decade hell-bent on various societal characteristics: conformity‚ financial success‚ and material excess. However‚ many of the kids that grew up in this society grew to hate it‚ with its promotion of the corporate rat-race mentality and
Premium United States Lyndon B. Johnson Cold War
bad about people but was nice to their face. In the story The Great Gatsby i feel as if i relate to Nick as he learns that the people he’s been around for a while aren’t really the people he thought they were. By putting together the motifs of materialism and lies and illusion. F. Scott Fitzgerald gives an expression of a powerful theme that connects with the lesson I learned. In the beginning of the story Nick goes into town with Tom and they end up at Myrtle’s apartment who is Tom’s mistress
Premium F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby
Campaigning is political for political advertising by candidates where the net effect is to boost the relative appeal of commercials. Thus‚ exposure to political campaigns with the first one being in the early 1950’s‚ where everything seemed to be “booming” – the economy‚ suburbs‚ and babies being born and all this seemed to provide a sense of stability and contentment. Soon after‚ the sixties came and things started to change. People did not want to live the “conservative” lifestyles that the fifties
Premium Elections Political campaign Election
The health belief model is a psychological health behavior change model that was developed to explain and predict health related behaviors. Throughout the 1950’s much attention was put forth towards disease prevention and treatment. During this time‚ there was an intervention in public health programs to screen for early detention of disease. Although free and open to the public many did not take advantage of these programs designed to aid healthcare. Even those clearly in need and known to be at
Premium Medicine Health Epidemiology
Women in American Sitcoms of the 1950s and 60s Sitcoms – situation comedies – are probably the most “American” of all TV formats. They convey a high degree of viewer identification‚ as they show scenes of everyday American life. If the viewer identifies with the series‚ is the series representative to the viewing society? I will try to elaborate on that question by comparing to sitcoms of the 1950s and 60s and the image of women that they carry. Life with Elizabeth was one of the earliest sitcoms
Premium I Love Lucy Protagonist