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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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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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 was the era of revolution of communication i.e. such as telephonic answering machines created by Bell Laboratories and Western Electronics. Even though it was not affordable for most of the people and telephonic communication was also not possible
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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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The 1950’s A typical 1950’s family was nothing like the ideal family in today’s generation. Back then a typical family was a mom and a dad and several children. This is nothing like the current generation‚ where there are pregnant 16 year olds who think its ok to get pregnant out of wedlock because they see that on television. Everyone sat down to a home cooked meal together‚ unlike today where both men and women go to work and so they wind up eating something quick. Shows like “Leave it to Beaver”
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History Essay By Ben Roberson During the 1950 ’s there was significant social change taking place in America. Young people were dissatisfied with certain conservative aspects of society and their conduct reflected this. They embraced the rock and roll culture‚ the new style of music and also the new styles of dancing and dress that were associated with it shocked the older more conservative people. Young people were also quick to protest against the controversial
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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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such as I love Lucy and Leave it to Beaver. These shows had ethos in it. The 1950s is viewed as a period of conformity‚ with strict gender roles with society’s expectations. Such as the male will work all day‚ while the female’s will stay home‚ take care of the children‚ clean house and have dinner on the table on time for the male to get home from work. Some tv shows during
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Science and technology in the 1950s During the 1950s‚ science and technology were improved with the cooperation between the scientists and the U.S. government. In the light of the science and technology‚ people have the power to raise their knowledge. However‚ in the 1950s‚ some of the researches and investigations were classified as top secret‚ and remained unknown to the public for many years‚ now Americans can see its repercussions in the world today. Making hydrogen bomb and the discovery of
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Describe the 1950’s in America. To what extent was this an era of hope? For whom? Why? I) Referred to as Affluent Society or “golden age”. American idea of freedom was economic abundance. This was a time of prosperity for the middle class (60% of Americans). Between 1946-1960‚ American gross national product more than doubled. The Cold War fueled industrial production. This lead to an increase in wages and more jobs. II) American Standard of living increased. Former luxuries became
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