Yesterday Turned To Today, Today Will Turn To Tomorrow Students believe history is insignificant, waste of time, and useless. Wrong, today can 't exist without yesterday. The United States’s yesterday was a battlefield, a Revolution, a Civil War, a fight for freedom, and a fight for civil rights. Today, the revolution continues and events continue to shape tomorrow. The United States’s past eras, in specific the 1920’s and the 1950’s, are important because of the events which occurred. The 1920 's and 1950 's are both postwar decades in which events impacted future 20th century decades and keep impacting society in different ways. In spite of that, the 50 's impact is greater to society and of more importance, too.
In the years before …show more content…
Included in science, technology and medicine also had a positive advancement. DNA was discovered in 1953 by two scientist changing science to a different direction. The Polio vaccine and the contraceptive pill were created (Rosenberg). Although the contraceptive pill brought controversy to society since at the time America was still conservative on various topics. Another milestone occurred in 1950 when the first organ transplant took place. Technology wise, color TV was introduced to the current booming society and safety seat belts were now in a direction to improving safety in America. Advancements like these changed the now current era and without the improvements, the U.S. would be a developing country instead of developed.
The 1950’s, a booming era for various reasons. “Historians use the word “boom” to describe a lot of things about the 1950s: the booming economy, the booming suburbs and most of all the so-called “baby boom”( The 1950s). As a result of the booming economy influenced suburban living and the booming baby boomers, now the largest generation. An era of good feelings brought the first modern credit card and Disneyland to American society, both helping …show more content…
After WW1, in the 20’s, the roaring 20’s, American society also began to change. In both decades, property was a part of society, especially to the upper middle class (Martin). The standard of living increased in both eras, the urban living increase was an effect. Also, because the eras were both postwar eras, a Red Scare, fear of communism, occurred in the 1920’s and 1950’s. Differences, however, also are abundant between these two eras. Prohibition was causing trouble during this time. Al cope, criminal during the 1920’s, as notorious breaking this law in particular (Martin). Social issues were high during this time. The Ku Klux Klan, also known as the KKK, was killing African Americans, daily. “To them, the Klan represented a return to all the “values” that the fast-paced, city-slicker Roaring Twenties were trampling” (History). Values that were no longer important to the developing nation. The Harlem Renaissance “was the African-American artistic and literary culture that was developed in the 1920 's” (Roaring Twenties). This era influenced many great artists, authors, and musicians. In 1929, however, Americans experienced what was the end of the era. The Stock Market leaving the wealthiest of the nation, the poorest. The Great Depression swept
In the years before …show more content…
Included in science, technology and medicine also had a positive advancement. DNA was discovered in 1953 by two scientist changing science to a different direction. The Polio vaccine and the contraceptive pill were created (Rosenberg). Although the contraceptive pill brought controversy to society since at the time America was still conservative on various topics. Another milestone occurred in 1950 when the first organ transplant took place. Technology wise, color TV was introduced to the current booming society and safety seat belts were now in a direction to improving safety in America. Advancements like these changed the now current era and without the improvements, the U.S. would be a developing country instead of developed.
The 1950’s, a booming era for various reasons. “Historians use the word “boom” to describe a lot of things about the 1950s: the booming economy, the booming suburbs and most of all the so-called “baby boom”( The 1950s). As a result of the booming economy influenced suburban living and the booming baby boomers, now the largest generation. An era of good feelings brought the first modern credit card and Disneyland to American society, both helping …show more content…
After WW1, in the 20’s, the roaring 20’s, American society also began to change. In both decades, property was a part of society, especially to the upper middle class (Martin). The standard of living increased in both eras, the urban living increase was an effect. Also, because the eras were both postwar eras, a Red Scare, fear of communism, occurred in the 1920’s and 1950’s. Differences, however, also are abundant between these two eras. Prohibition was causing trouble during this time. Al cope, criminal during the 1920’s, as notorious breaking this law in particular (Martin). Social issues were high during this time. The Ku Klux Klan, also known as the KKK, was killing African Americans, daily. “To them, the Klan represented a return to all the “values” that the fast-paced, city-slicker Roaring Twenties were trampling” (History). Values that were no longer important to the developing nation. The Harlem Renaissance “was the African-American artistic and literary culture that was developed in the 1920 's” (Roaring Twenties). This era influenced many great artists, authors, and musicians. In 1929, however, Americans experienced what was the end of the era. The Stock Market leaving the wealthiest of the nation, the poorest. The Great Depression swept