Post-World War II baby boom

Imagine being 18 years of age, with the rest of your life in the palm of your hands, and the world is yours to do with what you feel you were meant to do. When human beings hit the ripe age of 18 in this day in age, they generally either go to college, start working right out of high school, join the army, or marry their high school sweetheart. During the agonizing years of World War II, youngsters, especially young men didn’t get that opportunity of having an option, they had the mandatory duty…

1. Did World War II create lasting changes in the lives of women? Why or why not? The under-representation of women had always been prevalent with the media shaping cultural norms by depicting women as domesticated, well behaved, and male serving. It has been well documented through history that women have been misrepresented as being incapable of performing tasks aimed only at men. However, with World War II having begun in 1939, there was a sudden and rapid shift in the necessity of the…

prosperity reconstructed during the 1950's reflected the intensified pride and consciousness of America. The feeling of post world war encouraged the American society to adapt a new aspiration of hope, freedom, and happiness. Furthermore, the compelling experiences impacted during World War II set a momentous change on the course of history. The blurring differences after World War II enabled the nation to recover and flourish. The "Golden Age" of American history marked a decade of upscale…

people became more financially stable and things began to change. The post-war baby boom began and modernity made its way into people’s homes. With colored televisions in every living room, new music styles taking over the charts, more families with their own cars, fashion became experimental and new, exciting films were being made – clearly pop culture was evolving. Flora loved his family, maritime culture, trains, world travel, a strong cocktail, jazz and classical music. “You don’t…

The 1950s in the United States was a time of change, a time of fear, and a time of a “boom.” The 1950s was a time post World War II, where America’s wealth grew along with the economy. The “boom” was a boom in wealth and anxiety for Americans. The fifties were a time for growing technology including the use of television as a major news outlet, growing family sizes, growth in advancements such as highways, shopping malls, and corporations. The social norm was that the man belonged in the work…

After the victory of World War 2 with the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, America lived in constant fear, especially children in schools. A film was shown to all students demonstrating survival techniques on a nuclear attack, and the image of little johnny showed how a nuclear attack can occur at any moment, thus giving them nightmares.(Cnn Duck and Cover).Living daily life with the fear of nuclear attacks isn’t a “happy” life since fear is a negative connotation. Happy days falls on the…

After world war two, there was a transformation of American that took place in the nation. Had much changing with the automobile, television, the GI bill, suburbanization, and effect of consumerism in the nation society, women gender, and racial segregation experience. Additionally, able to know the role that religion had in the Post World War II society. To start from transformation that happen back then, with the new start of the television and the automobile, and people started to use them in…

There are two major reasons of this movement, the first one is the baby boom that came after the World War II. The rapid growth of the population distorts the age structure of America. From 1940 to 1950, there were almost 27 million people aged from 14 to 24, and this number increased to 40 million in the 1960s. Thus, in the 1960s, the Unite States was full of youth groups, and made government a huge rush. Setting up schools for children to study, and making them blend in the dominant value…

On January 20th, 1961, war veteran, Pulitzer prize winner, and thirty-fifth president of the United States of America, John Fitzgerald Kennedy gave his Inaugural Address. An inaugural address is a combination between a ceremony where the new president is inducted into office and their first speech to the people as president. The first speech is supposed to inform the people of their intentions as a leader of the country. Kennedy’s speech was filled with strong and poetic but also simple language…

The 1970’s: Rebellion, Recession, and Relief Ever since war began in the 1700’s, the United States has created an extraordinary history. A past that included battle, set backs, and reconstruction. This would change America forever. My family has continuously been apart of war dating back to 1914. I chose to write my Oral History assignment about the 1970’s. While focusing on the Vietnam War, this time period was quite eventful. The 1970’s were a fearful, influential, and revolutionary time that…