The Red Scare caused a large dispute between the Un-American Activities Committee and Hollywood in the 1940’s. The Hollywood Ten‚ a group of writers and directors‚ were sent to jail‚ “for contempt of Congress after they refused to testify about their past associations.”(Henretta‚ pg.746) This very well known event in history was one I had known about‚ but was unsure of the exact details. I went in search of the events that lead up to arrest of the Hollywood Ten. During my research I read many
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thoughts and feelings of many but helped shape how they responded to these changes and conflicts. During each decade popular culture played a significant part in motivating large numbers of people to act for and achieve change. Popular culture in the 1960’s‚ e.g. Sex‚ Drugs‚ Rock and Roll‚ helps historians understand how changes reflected and influenced the thoughts of that time. Youths began to think that taking drugs and having sex was a natural and ‘trendy’ thing to carry out. The decade saw major
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American citizens with disabilities began to join forces in the 1960’s. They all saw the same problem; disabled people were not treated equally. Disabled and non-disabled people nationwide began to band together for the common cause demanding equal treatment‚ equal access‚ and equal opportunity for all. Although this movement began in the 1960’s‚ nothing happened until 1990. In 1990‚ the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) expanded the freedoms and hopes of individuals with impairments through
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The 1960s was arguably one of the most influential decades in the USA. After experiencing victory in WWII and the postwar booms in both strong economic growth and high employment numbers in the 1950s‚ many American believed that they were at a golden age at the beginning of the 1960s. Sociologists expected to see a low crime rate across the nation as a result (Pinker 2013). Ironically‚ a huge crime surge happened to the 1960s America‚ and it was only just the beginning of many years followed. The
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Two eras in time were the 1930’s and 1960’s. Both of these two periods in time are interesting in their own ways. Also people usually think the 1960’s were all about fun which wasn’t always true. In addition people think that a main event in the 30’s was the Great Depression which in fact is true but there’s more to the 30’s than most people think. There are many seminaries and differences in these two are fashion‚ inventions/technology‚ and music. Three similarities between them are the people involved
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This was established so an African American could apply for jobs or even be in public without discrimination. The civil rights movement was one of the main factors in gaining equal rights for all people. Until this movement was passed in the 1960’s‚ discrimination of African Americans was suggested. Africans Americans had to fight in wars to defend America. When they came home‚ they were treated poorly. The Civil Rights Movement helped with this problem. Racial Discrimination was not totally
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Music from the 1960’s and 1970’s is much different than music of today. Classic rock was started in the 1960’s as a cause of the British invasion‚ which included the discovery of bands such as the Beatles‚ Led Zeppelin‚ and Pink Floyd. The British invasion influenced garage rock which many high school aged boys would participate in. Some examples of garage rock inspired bands are: the Yarbirds‚ the Animals‚ the Rolling Stones‚ the Kinks‚ and the Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Also
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In the era of the 1960’s America faced problems which new to the country. Problems like antiwar rallies‚ civil rights movements‚ and assassinations of some of the greatest men that ever made an impact on society. The horror of the Vietnam War spreading through the nation from media‚ and the continuous fight to have equality was just too much for some. The 1960’s brought even the President of The United States to his knees. The 1960’s had many changes in the goals‚ the strategies‚ and the civil rights
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that the challenges in America originates from the destabilization of families. Since the 1960’s there has been a tremendous change in society. Advanced technology has played a significant role in thinning the relationships in families. Additionally‚ new laws and learning methods has been introduced to propose a new way of raising children. America has become susceptible to issues that were condemn in the 1960’s. As a result of technology‚ various ways of communication access and friendship development
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in the deep south‚ racism began to rise on the forefront. During the 1960’s racism in the south was part of everyday life‚ racism was so bad Negros were dropping left and right. America is a culture of many races‚ to understand segregation and the level of its severity‚ we have to understand the problems blacks and whited have. Those problems are bitter and unfair treatment of blacks and segregation among everyday life. The 1960’s were climactic point in America history‚ America was forged in the fires
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