1950s

The 1950s were a more glamorous time. Throughout the years our view of fashion has drastically changed. These days boys and girls alike wear casual clothing like jeans and sweatshirts ,but back then that was not acceptable. In the 1950s, women commonly wore skirts and dresses. Most of the time shorts, capris, and pants were saved for casual picnics or playing outside. Even around the Other than that dresses were the way to go. Another trendy women’s fashion from America were trench coats.…

the schools were being integrated, and they were finally getting the freedom they deserved. The music of the 1950’s was dramatically changed by these events and in some cases is the voice used by the people to get their voice heard on a national level. In the 1945 the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, that instantly killed 80,000 people. In the early 1950s many people were very painfully aware of the threat of a nuclear bomb being dropped on the United…

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…

Women’s role were very different compared to the men. During the 1950s, women were expected to do everything around the house, while men worked. Females were thought to clean the house, prepare coffee for the men before they woke up, and wait for the husband to come home from work. Before this, women were running industries while the men were off fighting WWII. Women were not happy with the lives they had to live because they had to relive the same day everyday. They could not even communicate…

During the 1950’s, Americans altered their societal views and ways of living in order to achieve the “American Dream”. After World War II, U.S. citizens had an abundance of savings due to four years of rationing, so they were eager to spend their money on luxurious items such as new houses and television. Families migrated from the city to suburban neighborhoods to buy newly built houses. Once the war ended, soldiers were able to return home, so they needed new jobs; therefore, women resumed to…

younger kids from hitting each other.There were also problems in the 1950s like bullying and physical punishment. This was just accepted and treated as normal. In primary school an elderly lady teacher threatened to take a boys trousers down and give him a good spanking because he was crying. He stopped crying because he did not want an elderly lady taking his trousers off. Even teachers were bullies back in the 1950s. During the 1950s children were regularly attacked in the streets or in the…

For centuries, humans have pondered the vastness of interstellar space and longed to know exactly what was out there. With the onset of the space race in the 1950’s, this aspiration seemed eventually reachable. Each new mission challenged the parameters of the last launch, in speed, distance, payload, and passengers. More recently, the possibility of travel to other planets within our solar system has approached feasibility. In 2003, the Mars robotic rovers exceeded all expectations, both…

Picture your classic 1950s housewife. She has shoulder-length (or shorter) hair that is neatly curled. She wears a tea length, shirtwaist dress and low heels- a feminine, yet, in today’s world, conservative look. She is probably set cooking in her kitchen and sporting her staple piece: an apron. This woman, however, is more than a chef. As a mother and a wife, she is the caretaker, the cleaner and the shopper. She tends to the house during the day, takes care of her children and waits for her…

Psychedelic drugs have always been known as the drugs of the hippies and free spirited, used in a way for one to escape reality by heightening all sense of the body and drifting off into other states of the mind. These drugs being banned for more over 40 years in the United States and all over the world due to their history of abuse and madness it can cause with its mind altering effects. However, this hasn’t stopped the ideas and movement of bringing psychedelics back into the world of medicine…

Juvenile delinquency was a national topic of discussion in the 1950’s. A movement of censorship swept through as a result of parents fearing Rock ‘n’ Roll’s challenge to traditional values and abstinence. The campaign was successful in making artists and producers of Rock ‘n’ Roll more reserved in the music they made. In doing so, they failed to damage the industry as a whole. The toned down nature of songs and performers encouraged Rock ‘n’ Roll’s acceptance to a broader audience. In the…