The 1950’s are often compared to the roaring twenties. It was a time of revolution for America’s society. It was not a misconception that could be seen as the highpoint in America’s society and culture. It was not a misconception. During World War Two‚ many businesses produced weapons for the war. In hat easily made America million upon millions. We experienced an increase of growth in economics. There was also an increased expansion of the middle class. Many people started buying bigger homes
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We humans always love to be in a group‚ and for that we need to communicate to others to tell them about us and it is an important aspect of our survival. Communication has evolved a lot and it has come a long way from what it was once‚ but the most drastic changes came in the last 50 – 60 years. Communication has changed from people struggling to communicate over long distances to now we can virtually talk to anyone at any corner of the Earth. But it was not the same always‚ during 1950’s and 60’s
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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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During the 1950’s America had not yet recovered from the devastating effects of World War II and was already thrust into another conflict‚ The Cold War. This war of espionage and fear between the United States and Russia created a hatred of communism and Communists in America. Events like The Second Red Scare‚ known as McCarthyism created a panic that anyone could be a communist. McCarthyism led to false accusations of communism onto other people without any evidence to support their claim. People
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the way people think and act but when the 1950´s arrived music played even a greater role in people’s lifestyle and as the decades went on music kept becoming more and more popular and it is now one of the biggest industries and influences in the world. Music doesn’t only changes people´s mood. It goes beyond that‚ Music reflects society on a much deeper level because it mirrors the attitudes of its time. Society is constantly changing and the world we live in today is very different that 50 years
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the second war‚ many were just focused on finally being with their families and recovering what little they had left. So the idea of “change” was most likely coming second to a lot of people. Many families just wanted their old lives back‚ the ones that were before the wars. That I believe held many people to be complacent at the end of the 1940’s and throughout the 1950’s. However‚ in the 1960’s and 1970’s a new generation had emerged. One
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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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Back in the 1950’s - 1970’s‚ there were a lot more stereotypes in the world. In the article by Jessica McBirney‚ Emmett Till decided to visit his uncle in Chicago. He was dared to flirt with a white woman named Carolyn Bryant‚ and then she harassed him and threatened to kill him. Then‚ her husband had abducted him‚ and abused him and pushed him into the water where he laid there dead. In the novel That was Then‚ This is Now by S.E. Hinton‚ a black girl walked in a drugstore‚ and the white kids were
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The changes and challenges of the 1950s made for a monumental impact on decades to come. The 1950’s were an era of prosperity‚ growth‚ and chaos in the United States; men were returning from World War 2 and many new babies were born. Consumer goods played an important role in middle-class life during the postwar era. The economy of the 1950’s saw major changes‚ which in turn transformed the lives of the American people. Significant movements‚ inventions‚ and discoveries changed American lives for
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During the era of the 1950’s‚ at the height of the Cold War‚ McCarthyism arose as a result of fear of the spread of communism in the United States. McCarthyism‚ named after Senator Joseph McCarthy‚ was a term which described the lack of evidence and false accusations used against people who were considered communists. Arthur Miller wrote the Crucible because he wanted to show how the relationship of McCarthyism in the 1950’s and McCarthyism in the witch trials during 1692 because the danger of people
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