1. The boom was the direct result of “new technologies and New industries” and was fuelled by the devastation caused by World War II in the previously thriving European countries, which allowed them to “buy American products” which helped boost the US’ economy.
2. Source 2 shows a general overview of how American’s saw the nuclear arms race, at the time American citizens saw it as ‘the gravest problem’. Americans were shocked that now technology had allowed for mass death and destruction, a “thermonuclear holocaust” was the current and “every future age of man” will be shadowed by the constant threat of nuclear weapons. America understood the danger of war in the modern world and knew that it was going to be an ever-present threat in the future. …show more content…
Both source 5 and source 6 show women as lesser individuals than men. They similarly depict men as the dominating factor in the relationship while the women are serving them. In source B, the advertisement states “she was ready to have him walk all over her” simply because he wears the pants advertised. This is a brutal example of the discrimination shown to women in the 1950’s. Source A and B, both show women as subservient, Source B, going as far to act as if they were possessions a man might like to buy, almost advertising the women in the same light as the pants. They differ however, in some smaller details. In source A, the women are at least depicted on the same level as the men, the seemingly daughter is sitting at the table opposite the son. However, she is still setting up the plates, while her brother and father sit and wait for the women to work. The major difference between the two sources is that in source A, the women are shown as sensitive and caring helping their family when they can. While source B shows the women, and servants, and possessions to be acquired and kept by …show more content…
The Cold War as illustrated in Source 3, was a power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. Source 2, accurately describes the public persona put on by the US government. They tried to maintain a façade of casual confidence in their own abilities to handle the now ever present threat of the “Atomic Age”. An age where thermonuclear weapons were a real and ever-present
2. Source 2 shows a general overview of how American’s saw the nuclear arms race, at the time American citizens saw it as ‘the gravest problem’. Americans were shocked that now technology had allowed for mass death and destruction, a “thermonuclear holocaust” was the current and “every future age of man” will be shadowed by the constant threat of nuclear weapons. America understood the danger of war in the modern world and knew that it was going to be an ever-present threat in the future. …show more content…
Both source 5 and source 6 show women as lesser individuals than men. They similarly depict men as the dominating factor in the relationship while the women are serving them. In source B, the advertisement states “she was ready to have him walk all over her” simply because he wears the pants advertised. This is a brutal example of the discrimination shown to women in the 1950’s. Source A and B, both show women as subservient, Source B, going as far to act as if they were possessions a man might like to buy, almost advertising the women in the same light as the pants. They differ however, in some smaller details. In source A, the women are at least depicted on the same level as the men, the seemingly daughter is sitting at the table opposite the son. However, she is still setting up the plates, while her brother and father sit and wait for the women to work. The major difference between the two sources is that in source A, the women are shown as sensitive and caring helping their family when they can. While source B shows the women, and servants, and possessions to be acquired and kept by …show more content…
The Cold War as illustrated in Source 3, was a power struggle between the Soviet Union and the United States of America. Source 2, accurately describes the public persona put on by the US government. They tried to maintain a façade of casual confidence in their own abilities to handle the now ever present threat of the “Atomic Age”. An age where thermonuclear weapons were a real and ever-present