"Similarities and differences in 1920s and 1950s" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 37 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Best Essays

    History of Fashion 1950s

    • 2840 Words
    • 12 Pages

    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

    Premium DNA Elvis Presley Haute couture

    • 2840 Words
    • 12 Pages
    Best Essays
  • Good Essays

    Traditional Women means not-so Traditional Families In the 1950’s‚ families were stereotyped to be “compassionate” and their primary focus was on their family. Today however‚ people believe that the “traditional family” from the 50’s is only a thing of the past. Women have dramatically changed in the past sixty years and are becoming more and more independent. This change is why our families are no longer traditional. In the 1950s‚ with a male-breadwinner and a female housemaker‚ parents were

    Premium Family Gender Sociology

    • 659 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Inventions Of The 1920s

    • 655 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The 1920’s brought new inventions‚ a new economy‚ a new culture‚ new threats‚ and new laws which all influenced the nickname of the Roaring Twenties. The invention of the assembly line by Henry Ford in 1913 began the automobile industry in America leading to a boom in the industrial industries. The moving assembly line became a standard for most American factories allowing mass production of products including cars‚ appliances‚ furniture‚ and clothing. With the inventions of the electric motor‚ washing

    Premium Roaring Twenties United States New York City

    • 655 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Standout individual Australians at the Olympics include sprinter Betty Cuthbert and swimmers Murray Rose and Dawn Fraser. • The 1950s were a stand-out decade for Australian sport. • Sporting success‚ particularly on the world stage‚ has enabled the creation of a distinct national identity. • Australia reigned supreme in world tennis and cricket throughout the 1950s with stars

    Premium Australia Olympic Games

    • 589 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    1920s dbq

    • 703 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Beginning in the early 1900s‚ America continued to build up its nation economically‚ socially‚ and politically. The continued revolutionary movement began to lead up to one of the Nation’s high points of the century “The Roaring Twenties”. The 1920s began to test old and new values and manifested many tensions through political ideas‚ cultural reforms‚ and the advancement of rights for the common men and women. One reason tensions where brought up was through the new idea of evolution and the

    Premium Ku Klux Klan Roaring Twenties Reform movement

    • 703 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Hair Spray In The 1950s

    • 446 Words
    • 2 Pages

    of World War II (1939–45)‚ many people considered the 1950s to be the beginning of a modern world‚ full of new products that would make their lives easier. The bright‚ the shiny‚ and the new were valued above all‚ and fashions reflected this. Hair spray‚ made of liquid plastics and vinyl that harden when they are sprayed on the hair to form a kind of shell that keeps the hair from falling out of its style‚ became very popular during the 1950s and early 1960s. Styles were crisp and clean‚ and hairstyles

    Premium World War II United States English-language films

    • 446 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Doughnut In The 1920s

    • 606 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Do you know what they called a doughnut in the 1920s? A sinker‚ sounds kind of funny‚ but this is just a small change that happened in the twenties! There were many positive and negative changes that affected everyone. Some of the most important changes include the rights of women‚ the introduction and expedition of flight‚ and the stock market crash. First of all‚ rights of women changed exponentially. Women got the right to vote with the 19th amendment‚ this one right made the women feel so much

    Premium Roaring Twenties New York City United States

    • 606 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Plagiarism is acting of taking credit for someone’s work. According to Teitel‚ E (November 8‚ 2011)‚ “Plagiarism is meant to be an inherently moral error‚ not a technical one.” ‚ and that is why Plagiarism commonly called cheating and stealing. To prevent Plagiarism‚ every school including George Brown College and OCAD University‚ has their own policies and penalties. In addition‚ both post-secondary institutions assign similar punishments about awarding a zero score in assignment and course or‚

    Premium Plagiarism Academic dishonesty University

    • 436 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    can provide you and your family with the increased comfort and warmth that you’ve been looking for in order to fully enjoy your bath time or shower experience. Feel The Difference You might be wondering what the difference is between Egyptian cotton and standard cotton that is used in many different products. The main difference between the two is that Egyptian-grown cotton fibers are longer and more continuous than the standard cotton fibers. This means that more fibers are needed to create a standard

    Premium Marketing Brand Skin

    • 407 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Fashion in the 1920s

    • 749 Words
    • 2 Pages

    were decorating their homes or designing their public buildings. Improved communication meant that a large proportion of the general population was exposed to the latest fashion trends and responded‚ positively or negatively‚ to them. During the 1920s the most distinctive clothing styles originated in Europe: in France for women’s attire and in England for men’s. Coco Chanel was one of the first women designers to adopt the new era of clothing‚ which meant that she adopted a more boyish look. She

    Premium Clothing Roaring Twenties Working class

    • 749 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 50