Sometimes, there are more televisions in the average home than there are people. By the year 1997, there were approximately 219 million television sets in the United States. Also, the television has added a bit of community to the household. Another factor that has changed household life is the constant usage of the television in a home. Millions of people in America watch television.
Unlike the radio before it, the television made it possible to view live events right in one’s living room. Car culture, in 1950, U.S. automakers produced 6.7 million cars. In 1955, the decade, peak year for car production, that figure jumped to 9.2 million cars. (Charles A. Will) more and more people of this time had cars and this sprung up new businesses in car culture as in drive in movies theaters, drive in restaurants, and drive in bank Atm’s.
There are many short term and long term effects, short term being the fact that the model T ford was so cheap, the increased prosperity for some in the 1920’s and the introduction of Credit. Long term on the other hand consists of the presence of raw materials in the USA, the invention of mass production and the assembly line, the entrepreneurial spirit of many citizens and the cheap labour provided from immigrants chasing the American dream. Looking closer at the factors in which caused the expansion, you would first look at the long term effects such as the presence of raw materials in the USA. The USA was a very new country, and even to this day there are miles of land in which are barren, abandoned or not in use at all but back in the 1920’s there was an abundance of raw materials such as wood, coal and the newest discovery of oil in Texas (which, infact lead to the reason as to why Texas became one of the wealthiest states in America, via the production of oil.) Through the abundance of the materials it meant that as a country they were able to
Tenements- residential housing for multiple people, popular in cities during the industrial revolution. Were often cramped, poorly lit and lacked indoor plumbing and proper ventilation Louis Sullivan- He was an American architect and is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper. Gilded Age- the time when the poor and under educated thought they were being helped out but were really being bamboozled by the rich. As Mark Twain would describe it, “It’s golden and looks great on the outside, but inside its rotted John Dewey- American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Vaudeville: was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment popular in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s.
Civil Rights in the 60s Albertis McCray The American Experience Since 1945/145 1/10/2012 Christina Winn Civil Rights in the 60s Prior to World War II, the struggle for blacks’ rights was limited primarily to the major urban areas and the Deep South. Many Americans had no interaction with other races, and to them, this struggle was misunderstood and not really a part of their daily lives. After the War, many returning white soldier’s had a different perspective on race relations. Having served with both black and minority soldiers, and been exposed to foreign countries, white soldiers realized there were more to minorities than the color of their skin. With the invention of television and the coverage of civil rights movement speeches coming into American living rooms from across the country, things started to change.
White people were not only the majority, they were also given many more employment opportunities then blacks as well as immensely better living conditions. Their communities remained predominately in the north for the elite, as well as the east and west side of Chicago. The Black population grew more centered around the south side of Chicago, in an aging dilapidated housing project, which would soon be named the “black belt”. The black belt stretched 30 blocks wide, with more and more families trying to convert even the smallest one room apartments into permanent homes, for in this region was the only place they could find government assisted housing, that wouldn’t discriminate against them for being black. But even the Black belt section of Chicago housed according to economic status.
People were enjoying life as these new changes gave the USA a major jump in its economy in this short period. One reason why it is accurate to call America in the 1920’s ‘The Roaring Twenties’ was because of the sudden upsurge in the film industry. 1,000 black and white silent movies were made in America. One of the most famous actors was Charlie Chaplin, who was an actor in the comedy films. Films really blossomed in the 1920s, expanding upon the foundations of film from earlier years.
Only an extraordinarily naïve person would have the disposition to dismiss its presence. Advertising has been around for centuries, but it began its rapid incline towards becoming a multi-billion dollar industry in the 1950’s, when televisions became a common household product. The medium for advertising has changed considerably since blacksmiths and tailors of the Middle Ages used plain signs to lure consumers into their shops (Leathern). With the average consumer seeing nearly 3000 advertisements daily
Through the adoption of the direct-response television advertising campaign since 1996, they have seen an astounding increase in their sales and customer base. This was especially true with their Medicare-eligible customers, which grew from 17,000 in 1996 to 545,000 in 2003. Although this was outstanding for PolyMedica, these tremendous increases came under scrutiny by investors and then followed by Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2003. During the questioning by SEC PolyMedica was able to show their accounting data collection was in compliance with the Statement of Position (SOP 93-7) exclusion ruling from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), which required companies to reasonably match expenses with sales generated by each advertisement. According to this ruling, direct-response advertising may prove to be economically beneficial to companies if the benefits are measurable and reliable.
The three major trends in popular American culture are television, music and magazines. These major trends are part of our everyday lives. Television is one of the major mass media in the United States. Approximately over 300 million people view television programs. Most households own at least one television and the majority of households own more than one.