In one of the most turbulent times in American history, what was it like to experience daily life in the US throughout the 50s, 60s, and 70s?  Did people take pride in their work?  What was inegration like?  Has society changed for the better, or has it degraded since the golden era of the 50s?
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believe that we have degraded since the 50"s and early 60"s. think that is the last time America stood together on life issues. there was not family fall out like now. think people tried to do what was right even when it was hard. man tried to provide and make households survive while woman were trying to be thee best to be a mother not 100 different things and then a mother. (no way intended as a slam meaning trying to be a worker teacher home maker taxi driver sister daughter wife then mother is very hard. and not far back in the 50S most woman stayed at home and had the ability to be th mother they dreamed of. ) we treated our kids different as the future not as a necessity or interruption.
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None of the above, the tensions were not eased until the soviet union started breaking down.  They did get a little better in the 70's than they were in the 50's but only by degrees.
81876
My favorite decade is the 1970's or the 1940's. I wasn't alive or anything, but they seem like fun era's. ;)
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Back in 1990, the Australian Ambassdor to the US visited our college.  It was an interesting Q&A session and we got to see some things that really impressed me with Australia and its people. I found the labor laws to be rather interesting...especially in regard to overtime and so forth, not to mention just how powerful the labor unions are down there. One in particular stuck me...Bechtel was building a hydrogen peroxide plant down there and the unions were so tough, they hardly worked any overtime (since it's taxed at such a high rate)...in fact, the bulk of the crews were out the gate by 4pm each day.   If I ever could scrape up the money, I'd make a visit in a heartbeat.
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What time period in American History are you dealing with, how old are you and I might be able to answer.
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Oh wow, what a really cool question! As far as comic hero stories, "Commies"  became the de facto government-approved baddies of the post-WWII era, what with the beginning of the cold war and everything, so McCarthyism probably just reinforced that dynamic. Now, the impact on the REAL world was much more interesting (and lamentable). As we all know, the 50's was a pretty lousy and repressive time, and in every repressive era there are always stringent calls for "decency." Remember, McCarthy was given a forum for his insanity under the pretext that he was,after all, protecting "decent" Americans from subversive pinko scum, and this attitude washed over into comics, manifest in the figure of a strange man by the name of Frederick Wertham - a psychologist who wrote a funny little book called "Seduction of the Innocent." read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Wertham\nThat article talks about the "Comics Code," a voluntary censuring that the comic book industry adopted in order to escape being villanized as "indecent" in a time where that adjective was akin to "un-American." Many comic book fans, myself included, still roil over the lost potential that came about as a result of the "code," most notably the demise EC comics, who arguably put out the most well-written and certainly the most well-drawn material of the time - actually, a lot of that stuff still looks good by today's standards. So yeah, I think McCarthyism, with all the Senate hearings and fear-mongering, DEFINITELY contributed to comics getting the shaft by this Wertham fellow. Read the article, I think you'll be glad you did!
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1.  What was life like during the depression?\n2.  What is a moment you remember most about that time?\n3.  What foods were available?  What did you eat?\n4.  How did the depression change or restrict your life?\n5.  What did people think about hitler?\n6.  What was happening with the internment of japanese-americans\n7.  What kinds of things did you save and recycle?\n8.  Who was the president and what were his speeches like?\n9.  What was the civil conservation corps and did it affect your life?\n10. Were there people you knew that couldn't get a job?\n11.  Did you ever go without food?\n12.  Why was everyone willing to join the military?\n13.  Did the women's roles change during that time?\n14.  What happened when the men came home from the war?\n15.  Did anyone you know die during WW2?  Who were they?
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lol \n:-)\nlast year.\nhmm..i was so cluless. first time experiencing so many new things. Felt like i was being forced to grow up, by experincing so many things adults think we can't handle.  hmm i see you are a sophmore just like me! :-)\nhave a great day!
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its just regular people like you and me that happened to live back then.  they wrote what they saw.
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I was a youngster in the 50's and was the best decade-easy-going ' romantic, caring and simple.   I'd go back as the adult--the age I am now
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Interesting cartoon, and interesting question!\n\nI have a slightly different spin.  I'm in my 40s and in some ways I think society is MORE segregated than 20 or 30 years ago.\n\nYes, I believe groups self-segregate along racial and cultural lines.  One of my little pet theories (others have said it too) is that having 500 cable channels and many radio stations, websites, etc. means we can all select who and what we want to see, hear or interact with.  Back about 30 years ago, there were far fewer media outlets - everyone pretty much experienced the same thing.  There are far fewer COMMON CULTURAL EXPERIENCES today.  Top 40 radio in 1966 would play rock, folk, Motown, etc.  How many hard rock stations now play rap, or vice-versa?\n\nAlso, there are now racially and culturally segregated dorms on college campuses, something that would never fly when I was in school.\n\nSo yes, I think society is in some ways more segregated, although of course great progress has been made.\n\nPeople should do what they want, but this separatism concerns me.
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Those are very different questions.\n\nThe first I'd say WWI, the widescale adoption of the automobile, the general rise of automation and the decline of small-plot agriculture, the great depression, the new deal, and WWII.\n\nThe second I'd say probably the loosening of immigration restictions, the exodus from Europe preceeding the two world wars, and the rise of the united states as a world superpower.
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I just finished reading Bouncing Back by Joan Rivers -- the woman had a lot of terrible things happen in her life, but she still was able to meet the next challenge.  I recommend it -- funny, yet motivating.  \n\nHow are you doing in History?  If you are not failing it, you could try Dave Barry Slept Here (if you are failing it, you may mistake his book for a work of fact, and really fail spectacularly!).\n\nHere's the title to chapter 19: "The Sixties: A Nation Gets High and Has Amazing Insights, Many of Which Later On Turn Out to Seem Kind of Stupid." \n\nSorry, the closest thing I can get to a quote is that chapter title.  Cheer up, and Never give up. Never. Never. Never.
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In what ways did American ideology represent the growth of industry and mechanical technology, and how does that compare to the way it is addressed in creative literature? \nHow did the labor movement effect the growth of industry at the turn of the century?\nHow were local artisan-craftsmen affected by the growth in mechanical technology and mass production?
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I have no problems with emos.  Music and style are inter-related especially for those in their teens early 20's and emos are just a part of ongoing trends.  In the sixties you had the Mods and hippies who most probably did not get along either.  I say be who ya wanna be and do what ya wanna do and as long as you are not doing any harm to yourself or other people then have fun!
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no, i'm not satisfied with today's lifestyle.\nthough we might have increase in technology, science, etc.\nwe have a decrease in the qualities of life. more individu suffering, more broken family, more poverty.\ni do admire the neolitics era where people live in small community, independent, they fulfill their need themselves, they have lands (since industrial revolution, many people lost their land to small powerful people), they know each other neightbour very well.\n\nbut it isn't impossible to have those life qualities for present, everthing changes and evolves. the main problem for present is global inequality. greed capitalism. consumerism. environment crises. greed. ignorance. we just have to re-establish on our perception on meaning of life, the world.
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there are so many things which have changed even in the short life I have lived. can remember not locking the doors at night ( even in town ), walking late at night without fear, neighbors helping each other without expecting anything in return. getting in trouble at school meant trouble when arriving home. calling people older than you Mr. and Mrs. or Mr. and Miss. never by their first name. liking others and respecting police officers, firefighters, veterans, etc. because they have, are and will continue to preserve this nation.