Pop culture 1950's

The American Dream 1950's

1. What were some causes for the baby boom?-Soldiers returned home from the war and were reunited with their wives, and they had sex and created many babies.


2. What did Americans have to do in order to support all the new babies being born?
- Manufacturers made more toys.
- There was a need for childcare, more schools, and more teachers.

3. How did roles of women change in the 1950's?
- Women did not have complete professional jobs.
- They were paid less.
- They started to attend colleges.

4. What changes allowed the American car explosion to occur?
- There were not strict credit rules, so it was easy to have good credit.
- After the war, there was an abundance of gas, so it was cheap.
- Some people had to drive far for their jobs.
- Since there were more cars, places needed more roads. Therefore, the highway was invented.

Truman's Labor Policy

1. What were some of the significant challenges Pres. Truman faced after WWII?

he struggled to find jobs for soldiers bring stability and peace to all americans the sterikes and shortages of supplies


2. How did Truman try to help returning G.I.s get jobs after WWII, and how effective was he? Explain your opinion.

he tried to make jobs but everyone opposed every move he made even his own family

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The American Teenagers Of The 1950's

1. How did the teenagers change after The Great Depression and WWII?- It allowed teens to stay in school instead of leave to help their families financially.
- They received allowance because before, families had to ration and save everything they could.
- Companies and merchandise were targeted towards teens.
- Teens decided to spend more money on cosmetics, drive-in movie theaters, and college enrollments.

2. What is "white flight"? Was it good for society?
- The White Flight was when rich White people decided to isolate themselves from society and move away from the city.
- The poor decided to move to the city in place of the Whites.
- It was bad for society because the colored people couldn't afford all the expenses so the cities were full of poverty.

3. Why did many Mexicans immigrate to the United States before the 1950's?
- After the war between Mexico and the United States, Mexicans were allowed to work in the field of agriculture.

Postwar America 1950's

What was the US economy like during WWII? How were Americans doing?- The economy during WWII was not so great because Americans had to ration and save every little bit of resources they had. After WWII, Americans prospered. They focused on jobs, families, and advances in technology.

How did the American economy transform after the Great Depression and WWII? 
-Businesses expanded rapidly. White-collars, the people who worked as managers and such, were higher paid than those of the blue-collared, people who labored and made goods.
-Franchises were highly successful. For example, McDonald's was so successful that today there are more than 140,000 franchises in more than dozens of countries.

Why would a company like Google not do well in the 1950's?
-Businesses did not want anything that did not fit to standards. With Google, a company that wants to create new, innovative ideas, would not prosper as much.

The Boy In Striped Pajamas- Analysis Questions

1. Why do you think Bruno's father was so secretive about his family's move? - Because no father wants to tell their family that they are killing innocent lives.

2. What was Bruno taught about Jews?
- His teacher taught him that Jews were horrid people, and wanted to take over germany.

3. When a Jewish man helped Bruno up after he fell off a swing, how was this a significant event to the mother?
- The event showed the mother that not all Jewish people are bad. She saw for herself that what German society put forth was not true.

4. Bruno's father transformed into a loving father to a what? Why?
- He transformed into a person without humanity. His job was to kill people, and in order for him to not be affected by the events that he saw, he needed to throw away his quality of love away.

5. What kind of boy was Bruno at first? What did he transform to?
- At first, Bruno was ignorant and oblivious to all the events pertaining to the War. Then, after talking to the little boy and from blunt comments from his sister, he sort of got the hint that something was wrong/ off about his father and the camp.

6. Describe your feelings about Bruno's actions.
- I felt sorry for Bruno because no one had ever told him what is really going on. It is understandable to not tell a kid the truth, since you do not want to scar him. But his curiosity had gotten the best of him, eventually leading him to death

Post WW2 in America

1.)  Why were Americans afraid of Europe?

• The Soviet Union created a political system called communism and most believed that it was a threat to the way the United States did things.

2.) What did the Russians want in Europe?

• Russians encouraged communism and they wanted to rebuild Europe's economy using their materials and goods.

3. ) What did Americans want in Europe?

• The United States wanted to recreate European governments so that the US can gain new markets for new goods. They also meddled, wanting to reunited Germany, thinking that Europe would be more productive if Germany were together again.

     

Japanese Internment and Justice

1.) What does the word internment mean to you?

• it means to keep people locked down in a place, buring a time of war.

2.) Why were Japanese Americans interened in Manzanar.?

• because the U.S. thought that all Japanese people were the enemy.

3.) Why were Japanese Interenment Policies wrong?

• it was wrong because they discriminated inoccent Japanese people and took away their homes leaving them with no rights as american citizens.

The End of WW2

1.) Was Gen. MacArthur a successful general? Explain w/ evidence.

• Yes, ofcourse he was a successful general, because he won many battles including the battles in the islands of Bataan Leyte and Iwo Jima. He also made Japan surrender.

2.) Explain how successful the G.I. Bill was to returning soldiers?

• it was very successful and important because it granted soldiers to attend school and get a career after all the fighting they went through.

3.) Why were Mexicans in L.A. unfairly  treated in 1943?

• they were treated unfairly, because 11 white sailors in L.A. reported that they were attated by Mexicans wearing zoot suits. As a result to this, white men went to Mexican communities and began to attack and beat up anyone who looked like a Mexican zoot.

          

WWII in the Pacific

1.)  Who promised to "return" to liberate the philippines?

• General Douglas MacArthur

2.) What reasons did the POTUS use for using atomic bombs?

• To end the war and to save American lives from a Japanese invention.

3.) In 1942, why were the Allies under-strength to fight Japan?

• The Allies were under-strength against Japan because soldiers were ill-prepared to stop Japans advances.

4.) Were American submarines effective in the Pacific? Explain.

• Yes ofcourse, American submarines were effective in the Pacific because it was able to take out enemy war ships under water.

    

WW2 Across the Atlantic Ocean

1.) Who was the supreme commander in Europe, and was he successful?

• American General Dwight Eisenhower, and he was successful because he made the nazis have an unconditional surrender.

2.) What was the significance of D- day?

• it was the 1st invation of the allies in europe.They invated europe in order to get to Hitler.

3.) Was general Patton an effective leader?

• he defeated the Nazis in France.

4.) Why was the Battle of the Bulge significant?

• it was Hitlers last opportunitie for victory in WW2

      

Coping With The War at Home

1.) What was the OPA, and what was their job?

• its the office of price administration, and their job was to fight inflation by freezing prices on most goods.

2.) What was the purpose of the OSRD? (office of scientific research and development)

• to bring scientists into the war, and be able to come up with a new invention of better weapons to defeat the enemy in the war.

3.) In what ways did Americans sacrafice during WW2?

• people couldnt buy as much things as they used to buy, because they were being ration and that limitted them from purchasing goods.

4.) How similar or different were your sacrafices during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars?

• they were very different because the government in todays wars didnt give us the people, limitations like they did back then in WW2. So basiclly we didnt have to sacrafice anything really.

  

U.S. Gets ready for the fight

1.) .Who was A. Philip Randolph and why did he and Pressident Roosevelt meet?

• he was the founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car porters, and they met to discuss the equality of African Americans to work and fight for their country.

2.) Who were the WAAC'S and why were they important to war effect?

• they were the Womens Auxiliary Army Corps, and were very important to the war, because they worked as nurses, ambulance drivers, radio operators, electricions, and pilots.

3.) How well did African Americans do during WW2?

• it was really crapy for them because, they would get discriminated and always be segregated. they woud also only work as janitors cleaning toilets.

      

U.S Inches Towards WW2

1.) What was lend-lease, and what countries did it benefited?

• The president would lend or rent weapons and supplies to "any country whose defense was vital to the United States." This benefited both England and the Soviet Union.

2.) What did Roosevelt call German U-boats?

• he called them rattlesnakes

3.) How would you describe Roosevelts opinion of war?

• At first Roosevelts remained nutral because the people wanted to stay out of the war, but because he was supporting both the soviet union and England by giving them weapons and supplies, japan ended up bombing pearl harbor, therefore making the US officaly enter world war 2.

    

WWII part 2

1.) List all the countries the Nazi's invaded?

• Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, France, Denmark, Soviet Union, Belguim, and Holland.

2.) What did Winston Churchhill say about the peace agreed upon in the Munich Agreement?

• Churchhill said that the agreement was a disaster, because he believed it was going to lead to a war, and that Britan and France were cawards for apasing Hitler.

3.) What is Blitzkreig?  whats the purpose?

• its a lighting war that its purpose was to take the enemy by surprise and then quickly crush all opposition (enemy) with overwhelming force.

WWII part 1

1.) What treaty did Hitler hate? Why?

• Hitler hated the treaty of versailles because it said that Germany was blamed for causing war world 1, and they were forced to pay the war damages. It also beat Germany's pride.

2.) Who became dictators during the 1930’s, and for what country?

• Soviet Union- Joseph  Stalin
• Germany- Abolf Hitler
• Italy- Benito Mussalini
• Japan- Hideki Tojo
• Spain- Francisco Franco

3.) Explain similarities and differences amongst the dictators?

• Mussalini and stalin would kill anyone who oppose their demands. Also Mussalini and Hitler called themselves the leaders and they both were very excellent speach givers.

4.) What was the U.S. thinking as several wars were breaking out?

•  the United States wanted to reamin isolated and continue to be nutrual, on the other hand president Rossevelt wanted to join the war.

  

 

 

 

WWII Key Terms

1.) Allies : U.S.A, England, Soviet Union
2.) Axis : Germany, Italy, Japan
3.) Defence Spending : the amount of money government spends on the military.
4.) Unemployment Rate : % of people unemployed.
5.) Federal Outlay : amount of money the federal government uses to buy stuff.
6.) Rattle Snakes of the Atlantic : German U-boats
7.) German U-boats : German submarines.
8.) Isolationist : policy of "mind your own business".
9.) Appease: to give into demand.
10.) Lend- Lease Act : law that allowed president of the USA to sell weapons to our friends.
11.) Office of Price Administration :
12.) Inflation : when prices for goods/service increases but incomes remains the same.
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"The Help" and the Struggle for African-American Equality

In the amazing movie " The Help"

TGD-How TND Affected Peoples of Color

1.) Why did Pedro Gonzalez become a mexican american hero?

• Pedro Gonzalez was a DJ, who became a mexican american hero because he spoke against  anglos or white people for being racist on the radio. He basiclly fought against discrimination of his people.

2.) Why was Frances Perkins a hero for women?

• She was a hero to many women because she was the first female cabinet member in a government position.

3.) What was the "black cabinet" and who was the leader?

• the black cabinet was a gruop of influential african americans that advise the roosevelt administration on racial issues. The leader of this gruop was mary mcleod bethune.

  

Programs of the New Deal

1.) What was THE major difference between Hoover and Roosevelt?

• Roosevelt help his people in need, while Hoover turned his back on them.

2.) Which New Deal program was most responsible for creating the most jobs and how did the program achieve this?

• The Work Progress Administration because it gave jobs to unskilled workers, and spend 8 billion dollars to create new jobs.

3.) What impact did the Social Security Act have on Americans?

• It has been the strongest enduring program.

4.) Why was Huey Long against TND?

• Huey Long was against TND because inadeqate.