1950s

Chase Cain The Story of Us: Part II 1850 to 1950 1/28/15 Over the years Native Americans have been residing in America, important events have occurred between multiple decades spanning from 1850 to 1950. In this report, you will read about important events going on throughout the history of Native Americans between 1850 and 1950. During the 1860s the “Sand Creek Massacre” had happened, where In the Colorado territory, a US Cavalry which was led by Colonel John Chivington, killed over 150…

Culture is something that is always changing in the United States. The way life was in the 1940s and the 1950s is very different than the way life is now in 2015. It is fascinating to read about all of these changes as well, but reading about these changes is nowhere near as full filling as hearing about them from someone that was alive to experience all the changes first hand. This is why it was so amazing to hear my grandmother recount her life back to me. Kathy Hulsey Painter sat down with me…

The civil rights movement has been one of the laboured and time sought experience from the 1950s to the 60s. African Americans, who were distraught during this time period, were seeing developments of their actions and the impacts that would later on make history. The 1950s was when segregation was separate but unequal, leading to Africans not receiving the promised treatment from civilians. This led to the case brown vs. education, in which segregation was considered unconstitutional.…

This causes friction and frustration because the world wants to move forward, but the working class wants to hold it back as it tries to cling the old practices and capitalist standards of the 1950s. The role of the working class in electing Donald Trump can be explained by the globalization of capitalism and the awareness of the working class that they have false class consciousness. The current state of the American working class is that of…

verbal, and attention to their children. In the 1950s, only 19 percent of mothers with small children worked outside the home, said Stephanie Coontz, a historian at The Evergreen State College in Washington (Basic Books, 2011). This means that 81 percent of mothers were in there house.By 2008 more than 60 percent of mothers of children six years and younger were working outside the house. Even though these number seem to make the mothers in the 1950s were “better” they were not. Parents spend…

there was war for The Civil Rights Movement because people would get disrespected for their color or because of what they looked like. Later Century's past and there were laws that colored people and whites weren't allowed to be together. Also in the 1950's it was a discrimination time because colored people had less rights and fewer opportunities in life while the white people had the best education and the best of everything . If a new movie would come out…

Beneatha’s gallantry and perception of triumph. His heart-to-heart of colonial Africa and his stated notion that the reigning authorities be compelled to cascade envisages the uprising that was to rise in those provinces in the decades subsequent to the 1950s. Asagai’s contention that when Beneatha appears in Africa she’ll attain the hysterical desire as if she’s been away for only a day is a contention that America can’t at any time be a region of dwelling for blacks, no matter how long they’ve…

and more. Therefore, family definition must go beyond traditional thinking to include people who choose to spend their lives together in a kinship relationship despite the lack of legal recognition or bloodlines. Family therapy took shape circa 1950s. The mental…

American society in the 1950’s illustrates a shift in the thinking, values and ideology. The emergence of popular rock n’ roll had a massive impact on America and reveals the changes made from the prior decade. Due to the persistent fear of communism and emotional instability caused by the Cold War, Americans in the 1950’s were in a constant state of anxiety. All Shook Up: How Rock ‘n’ Roll Changed America by Glenn C. Altschuler dives into the 1950’s to demonstrate the effect rock n’ roll had on…

Industries often find target audiences for their products, and the hosiery industry is no exception. The product itself is designed for women, yet the ads in the 1950’s were designed to make women desire a man’s attention. Models were often posed provocatively, showing that they could have that sexual appeal if they bought the nylons. Advertisements enforced women’s societal roles, showing that they needed a man to be successful. Eventually, this changed. In the early 80’s, the ads began to…