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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media (mainly TV)‚ led to the emergence of a whole new market‚ teenagers. In Roland Marchand ’s “Visions of Classlessness” and Kelly Schrum’s “Making the American Girl”‚ the authors discuss the factors such as‚ effects of television‚ mass consumption‚ and increased income‚ which led to this new markets and some of the problems that came from it. In “Visions of Classlessness”‚ the main point that Marchand ’s make is that after WW II American people envisioned a society where class was no longer an issue
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In the 1950s women were getting married incredibly young‚ having children‚ and becoming housewives. They woke up‚ fed and dressed their children‚ sent them to school‚ cleaned the house‚ went to club activities with their children‚ made dinner‚ then repeated it all the next day. Eventually‚ women started to feel that they were stuck in a glass cage. There was a whole world right outside their window‚ but they could not have any of it. They were told that being a housewife was everything they should
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Politics : The 1950’s is a great choice for those interested in politics. The 1950’s was a great period for political achievements and upsets. For example during the 1950’s McCarthyism was just starting to flourish. Another major political event was when President Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated his running opponent Adlai E. Stevenson for President of the United States of America. Economics: The 1950s was a very elaborate time where the majority of Americans achieved prosperity previously never known
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RESEARCH PROJECT - By Tara Taneja Topic “Evolving of America in 1950’s” Thesis Statement While some may argue that there could have been a more important phase in American history‚ but the truth remains that the1950’s was the most impactful era as we saw higher industrial growth‚ changes in culture and growing disparities between rich and poor. Introduction My topic for this research project is the “Evolving of America in 1950’s”. This era is not just an event in the history but it’s a phase
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In the 1980’s racial tension was high and Spike Lee wrote‚ produced‚ and directed Do the Right Thing interpreting many realistic anomalous problems; gaps between the generations‚ racism‚ sexual & gender roles to name a few. Mookie‚ played by Spike Lee‚ is a pizza delivery man at the local pizzeria‚ but lacks initiative past Bedford-Stuyvesant‚ Brooklyn. The community is full of distinct personalities‚ and Sal‚ played by Danny Aiello‚ the pizzeria’s Italian-American restaurant owner where most characters
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The 1950’s was a time of rock-and-roll and poodle skirts. Although‚ it wasn’t all fun and games. Global events such as the treaty with Japan‚ the bus boycott‚ and the Korean War occurred during the 1950’s era. Sputnik was also launched in this period‚ along with the invention of the color television and remote control. Plus‚ a vaccine for polio was created. Film stars and some musicians were big the time‚ too. Don’t forget‚ the ‘50’s had its’ own style of clothing. On September 1‚ 1939‚ the start
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School Life in the 1950’s School Life in the 1950’s was harder than today because the facilities were few and inadequate. Teachers were stricter and corporal punishment was still in use. They had fewer subjects and wealth‚ discrimination‚ sexism and racism meant they could only do certain subjects. After World War 2 there was a baby boom and as a result in the 1950’s schools were quickly filling up as the children enrolled. The enrolments increased as much as 30% over the ‘baby-boomers’ decade. In
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The 1950`s was an amazing time to decade and an exciting time in the U.S. This time period had an immense economic surge in U.S. This 1950`s decade was thrilling because of new fashion styles‚ less crimes and the booming music. The fashion was exaggerating in the 1970`s because of the new fashion styles that were coming out. The new fashion styles were booming (source 1‚ paragraph 1). The styles wa used to be a common standard of looks(source 1‚ paragraph 5). Some of the larges styles were going
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Apartheid was the most brutal thing that has ever happened to the people of South Africa. It was a law formed by the people under the National Party. It strived to separate people who weren’t white from the people who were white. It gave birth to laws that only benefitted the white people and when something was a threat‚ the create a new law to get rid of the threat. There were Black‚ Coloured and Indian people who were oppressed during Apartheid. There were Pass Laws that were created for the black
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