I have chosen to write this paper on the song "Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival. This song was released in 1969, during the Vietnam War and quickly became an anthem against it. There were already protests against the war but this song helped give all of those against it a voice even if they could not actively join the public protests. "Fortunate Son" took aim at the rich and privileged of the time because those being drafted often came from the low and middle class. According to veteranshour.com 76 percent of those sent to fight in Vietnam fit into the low end of the middle class.…
Summary: At the end of World War One, as countries began to recover from the damages and horror of the war, the demand for Canadian products gradually increased, also increasing jobs. Industries adapted to the changes and many techniques such as assembly lines -- allowing production to be cheaper and faster-- were invented. As manufacturing rates dropped, so did the price of the products such as cars and trucks, allowing far more citizen to purchase vehicles. In fact, the vehicle ownership rate in Canada increased from 300 000 in 1918 to 1.9 million by 1919.…
The women’s movement of the 1960s was a movement that should have happened a long time ago. Women have been excluded from the government since the beginning of America even though they were just as important as men were to certain events, like abolition or prohibition. Women are central to society and should have been treated as such from the beginning. The movement took decades to be included in mainstream culture. When it finally was being talked about, the movement accomplished many goals women wanted.…
Figueroa 1 Destiny Figueroa Ms. McClung English 1101 18 September 2015 Roaring 20’s vs. Swinging 60’s Let ’s take a trip back… way back… back into time. The 1920’s and 1960’s are two decades that have really defined the United States’ culture. From flappers to hippies, jazz music to rock, and Civil Rights movements, these two decades have helped shape the beliefs and rights we have today.…
During the 1920’s in the United States of America, an era of Modernism arose. This was due to political, social and economical advancements. Due to these advancements, the lives of Americans changed drastically. It can very well be argued whether or not this change in life was positive or not.…
1960s Television Imagine yourself sitting in the living room with your family. It’s the mid 1960s, and you’re flipping through channels until you reach CNN, where John F. Kennedy is standing at his post, giving a speech, with Nixon right behind him. You are watching the very first televised presidential debate. You decide to watch something else, so you click the remote, and Fred Flintstone appears on the screen, living life in the town of Bedrock.…
During the 1970s, President Richard Nixon was beginning his run for re-election when a burglary took place at the Watergate Building in 1972, which ultimately changed things forever; it lead to the first resignation of a United States president, and changed American politics. Journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein began writing about the case which changed the way people trusted their American government, as well as the way they viewed the President(All the President’s Men). The system of separation of powers with checks and balances, Executive privilege, and the First Amendment right to freedom of the press together prove the American government, at the time, was at its finest hour. The American government, at the time, did their best…
igious right, academics, labor, and minority groups. As a result, they dominated elections for several decades. Between Hoover and Nixon the Republicans only had one president and he was a war hero. However, like many diverse social groups, eventually the differences within the groups in the party overcame the common goals. During the 60's, the Democratic party became divided over issues like civil rights and the Vietnam…
The presidential election of 1960, touted as the first modern campaign (Donaldson), was one of the tightest races in American history. Massachusetts 's John F. Kennedy and Texas 's Lyndon B. Johnson held the presidential and vice-presidential spots on the democratic ticket, respectively, and California 's Richard Nixon and Massachusetts 's Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. occupied the positions on the republic ticket. This tight race involved battles related to appearances, religion, and political perspectives, impacting progress in the civil rights movement and also diplomatic agreements involving international affairs. This paper will explore the significance of the presidential campaign of 1960 through examination of television presence, physical…
In the 1920s before the economic "good times" took hold, America confronted a Red Scare. In 1917, Vladimir Lenin and his Russian Bolshevik Party (called the "Reds") seized power in Russia, declaring the advent of world communism and the end of all private property. Fears of change also prompted a series of violent race riots. Fears of white women and black men fraternizing together at a labor meeting erupted into a riot. New technology enhanced a vibrant social atmosphere.…
Televisions affected our grandparents’ time in the 1950s As the world is getting more developed day by day, we can not imagine how different our lives would be without Iphones or Netflix. As people seek new innovations, products that were previously attractive became obsolete. For example, many people nowadays would prefer to watch Netflix on their Macbook rather than watching shows on televisions. Televisions used to be an important part of people’s lives. The 1950s were considered the Golden Age of television.…
Social norms have changed drastically in America since the ‘60s because back then there was a large middle class with many of them living in poverty and now we have a medium sized middle class not very many that live in poverty. Back in the 60s there was a large number of people that went to church and now there are still quite a few people that go to church but many Americans stay home and do something else instead. The 60s experienced the change to the Pledge of Allegiance with the added phrase of “Under God” and the added phrase to money of “In God We Trust”. There has been a drastic change since the 60s because the 60s experienced movements and groups and have fought in wars and had nuclear missile scares, now if those things happened today…
Back in the 1960’s Black Americans still could not enjoy the same privileges as whites, they were often discriminated, segregated from public spaces, and humiliated. They were seen and treated as less and their basic rights of equal education, equal opportunity and the right to vote were denied. The first basic right being denied to blacks in the 1960’s was the right of equal education. Without an education how can African Americans be expected to grow up into citizens that will contribute to the community ?.…
The sources do not support the statement according to which immigrants were treated well during the 1950s and 1960s. Most of the sources indicate that the immigrants were badly treated. Source A for example shows that in areas of employment, immigrants were not treated equally to the White Britons. The number of White Britons offered a job is 15, whereas for the Hungarians it is 10, and for Black Britons it is 1. Black Britons were statistically the most discriminated against, which was most likely due to skin colour; the number of Hungarians – who were white – offered a job was much higher, despite them also being immigrants.…
Some may feel in order to understand teenage life in the 60s you have to be there to experience there life. I personal think this is true, you could have some type of understanding from history but you will never fully understand the life they lived unless you were there to live it. When people think of the sixties, they automatically think of things like Woodstock, drugs, and unhygienic long-haired teenagers. In 1960s John Kennedy was a young president that symbolized a spirit of hope for the nation especially true for the teenagers. When Kennedy was murder many felt that their hopes died to.…