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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The contributions of several doctors‚ researchers‚ and scientists helped improve the health of the growing population. In 1850 the average life expectancy was 42 years. By 1910 the average life expectancy had risen to nearly 55 years. Between 1850 and 1910 there were several advances in the medical field. The introduction of genes‚ white blood cells‚ blood groups‚ insulin‚ rubber gloves‚ aspirin‚ and vitamins and the discoveries of Pasteur‚ Charcot‚ Halsted‚ Zirm‚ Lister‚ and Koch were the starting
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The 1950s in America was filled with prosperity and anguish. Happy days were experienced by returning veterans and the growing middle class‚ which constituted the majority of American society. Unhappy days were lived by women‚ African Americans‚ and the poor. The decade was home to a nuclear arms race which many Americans feared. It also was home to tremendous economic prosperity‚ a welcome change from the Depression and from a lack of spending during World War II. Depending on the perspective
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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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Woman’s Role in the 1950s The role of women in the 1950 was repressive and constrictive in many ways. Society placed high importance and many expectations on behavior at home as well as in public. Women were supposed to fulfill certain roles‚ Such as a caring mother‚ a diligent homemaker‚ and an obedient wife. The perfect mother was supposed to stay home and nurture so society would accept them. A diligent housewife had dinner on the table precisely at the moment her husband arrived from work
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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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Foreign and Domestic Affairs and the Dual Realities of the 1950s One of the key strategic plans of the President Harry Truman’s administration is encapsulated in the National Security Council (NSC) 20/4 of November 1948 and NSC 68 of April 1950‚ among others‚ stressing the containment of Soviet Union from controlling Eurasian territories‚ an approach which President Dwight Eisenhower continued using his own methods. During Eisenhower’s 1952 presidential campaign‚ he strongly attacked Truman’s national
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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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1950s Sports How well do you know the 1950s? The 1950s was the beginning of major things changing‚ from the way war is fought to the integration of sports and life itself. Even though war and segregation has been around for a huge part of history things were changing soon. The 1950s was a time of change and rebuilding‚ but it had its violent times as well.. Times were changing in the 1950s with African Americans standing up for their rights and wanting to end segregation. “The Montgomery bus boycott
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In the 1950’s there was a massive change in culture and the start of communism was rising up. Communism during this time was everyone’s fear and because of this issue‚ everyone was starting to get all paranoia. Spies in the US atomic program were passing around secrets to the Soviet Union to set off a nationwide panic that communist spies may be invading many American institutions. In the 1950’s‚ allegations were made towards Hollywood that they were involved with the communists that was led by the
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