The 1950’s were a restless time. People were moving in the U.S from the cities to the suburbs‚ entertainment was becoming more and more popular‚ civil rights and arts movements were growing‚ and science and technology was becoming more advanced. One of the many books and movies that help to depict the social continuity of the decade was the movie “The Sandlot”. “The Sandlot”‚ though also a very enjoyable and funny movie‚ showed many of these aspects of the 1950’s. From suburbia to sexism‚ the movie
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Sports in the 1950’s Whether it’s Mark McGwire breaking the home run record‚ Terell Davis breaking the rushing record‚ or superstars retiring‚ Americans have always had a fascination with sports. Sports have provided entertainment even before radio or television. Sports provided many things for the fans that watched them. Sports allowed communities to grow stronger and provided great athletes to look up to. With the arrival of television sports took on a whole new meaning. Being able to watch
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go back and start a new life. Therefore Veterans that returned from the war would start a new‚ family‚ build a new house‚ find a new job‚ and live happy for the rest of their lives. The veterans were right about living happy until the crucial decade took over. Opportunities was a big success for the 1950s. Jobs were all around and had free jobs for everybody. “ America in the 1950s was still considered to be a land of opportunity and the economy was growing like crazy. While jobs were growing the
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In the 1950’s as a result of the recent acceleration of the Cold War and the spread of communism ideology around the world‚ and a national neurosis concerning a communist invasion expanded‚ Senator Joseph McCarthy took advantage of this "Red Scare" to advance his interests. McCarthy was a Republican Senator for the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. McCarthy made claims that Soviet‚ Korean and Chinese communist spies occupied the federal administration. In February 1950 when McCarthy
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The 1950’s in the United States of America were characterized by a strong fear of communism‚ growing consumerism due to a healthy and fast growing postwar industry and the belief that the nuclear family is the heart of the American society. If we examine these three ideologies closer and oppose them to Stephanie Coontz opinion expressed in her essay “Leave It to Beaver and Ozzie and Harriet: American Families in the 1950s‚”‚ we see that many myths existed about the 1950’s. After World War Two
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Anti-Communism in the 1950s In 1950‚ fewer than 50‚000 Americans out of a total US population of 150 million were members of the Communist Party. Yet in the late 1940s and early 1950s‚ American fears of internal communist subversion reached a nearly hysterical pitch. Government loyalty boards investigated millions of federal employees‚ asking what books and magazines they read‚ what unions and civic organizations they belonged to‚ and whether they went to church. Hundreds of screenwriters‚ actors
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1950 1953 1952 1950’s Timeline 1951 First organ transplant takes place. Korean war begins. The credit card system was introduced in America‚ this meant the beginning of an attitude towards disposable wealth. Mass production of computers began. Colour tv introduced. South Africans Forced to Carry ID Cards Identifying Race. Identity cards and then food rationing ended. Polio vaccine used to save humans from poliomyelitis infection. Car Seat Belts Introduced. Queen Elizabeth
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The 1950s was an exciting time for many‚ the war was over and the economy began to flourish once more. Men were back home and ready to work and women were back to doing their womanly duties again (cooking and cleaning) this reflected the social position of the women following the war. The 1950s was all about family and being home and the clothing changed because of it. Women were back at home no longer needing to work and wearing clothing that would prevent them from doing anything but womanly tasks
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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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For a country that supposedly places such a high premium on individualism‚ America possesses an unusual infatuation with the family‚ one that stretches all the way back to the 1950s. Experiencing a blindness typically found only in teenagers‚ the America of that time perceived a flawless family unit and fell instantly in love. Like all besotted creatures‚ it quickly began to weave fancies about itself and the object of its attraction‚ stories about how everything was and always had been perfect between
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