The baby boom generation led to an economic high in the 1950s. “All history can show no more portentous economic phenomenon that today’s American market.” This quote was taken from the article, The Changing American Market. In the 1920s, the economy struggled, but there was a ton of new products that made life easier. These products included: electric vacuums, fans, toasters, washers and the greatest of them all, the Model T car. Cars were also a hot commodity in the 1950s.
How does Pop Art relate to the history of America in the 1960’s? Pop Art simply borrowed images from the popular culture, hence the name, Pop Art. Anything from movie stars, to cans of soup; from images of war, to appliances; the subject matter for Pop Art consisted of items likely to be seen in everyday life. It could therefore relate to the common person, unlike Abstract expressionism of the 1950’s, which the general American couldn’t necessarily appreciate. With this difference, Pop Art changed the art world, and is still intriguing today.
It was also then, where citizens had the highest home ownership in the country’s history. All of these extraordinary achievements are only a few of the many ways Bill Clinton followed the fundamental belief of the common good. Not only did Clinton attain political achievements by believing in the common good of all citizens, but he also believed in equality. Bill Clinton supposed that mending affirmative action was necessary in order to give special consideration, in jobs and college admission, to members of groups that where discriminated against in the past. Moreover, he believed that there is a greater need for race-conscious affirmative action to aim support to small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
This was such a fad because the woman could perform her daily chores and not getting her garments creased or messy. A popular clothing choice for men was “the grey flannel suit”. Men often dressed more conservatively than the majority of women. This was more prominent in the corporate population of men, which was a growing number during this time (U.S.A. Fifties, 155). This style was developed from Sloan Wilson’s novel The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit written in 1955.
There was a lot of immigration in the USA from 1890’s onwards in the USA for a lot of reasons. There were both push and pull factors on why people immigrated. People who immigrated came from all around the world from places such Italy, Spain, Portugal, Poland and Russia. One of the main reasons why anybody is drawn to America is the idea of the American Dream, to own their own piece of land, to reinvent themselves and escape their old life and finally to have freedom. Many people came to America because getting there overseas was cheap and before 1917 they were almost guaranteed to be able to enter as the USA is the “land of the immigrants” and up until 1917 they had an open border policy.
Also, Elvis Presley may have been the "King of Rock'n'Roll" in the 1950s, but I personally believe Fall Out Boy is the royalty of today. Many people enjoy their music and almost religiously go to concerts. Everyone has at least heard Fall Out Boy's music on the radio, even if they don't know who it is, and has at least some knowledge of the band. For daily advice, many people
The television has been proven to be a major benefactor that has changed the household and family life of Americans. The television changed the life of households in America because since it is so popular, most percentage of Americans have more than one television set in their houses. The average American home has approximately at least two or three televisions. About 2% of Americans do not have televisions in their houses. Sometimes, there are more televisions in the average home than there are people.
Amanda Marshall Cultural Intersections Over the years, the United States has come to be known as a country that houses not only its Native American descendants or Euro American inhabitants, but millions of others who, just like the founding fathers, wanted to belong to a country where they could live comfortably without tyranny or poverty. There have been many who have immigrated to the United States, looking for their share of liberty in the “Land of the Free” (Key, 1814). The United States has become known as the Melting Pot, or rather, a place where various cultures and ethnicities would be able to intermingle and grow together without prejudice and without losing sight of their heritage. Since the colonization of the United States,
The 1950s were a period of American pride and honor. Times were great following World War II, the postwar economy was thriving and never have so many people had so much time on their hands. People were in the spending more and the businessmen found a medium in which they can get their products to the consumers. The television came into be the medium in communicating to the people. Unlike the radio before it, the television made it possible to view live events right in one’s living room.
In the late 19th century and early 20th century the great flow of immigrants arriving in America were attracted by promise of a bright and wealthy future. This was the American Dream: that everyone, no matter where they came from, had a chance of success if they worked hard. Until the 1920s the USA had an ‘open door’ policy which meant that almost anyone could enter the USA. In the 1920s new laws were made to limit the number of immigrants getting into the USA, this was a result of the growing amount of Americans who were against immigration. The USA had tried to limit immigrants before 1900.