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The 1950’s, Golden Decade in American History

The 1950s post-war has left American history with an idyllic lustre image. The TV

series that depicts the events of the 1950s, such as "Father knows best," gives current viewers

an impression of a perfect and blissful family. Whereas the individuals born after the Second

World War are still yearning their childhood encounters of the 1950s since to them, it was a

period of grace like no other. President Dwight Eisenhower, also nicknamed Ike, was

regarded as the war hero as he served during several years of war. Dwight took center stage

between two major American political parties, the Republicans and the Democrats

(Hendricks 5). Dwight used a move termed as Modern Republicanism, which prevented

preservationist Republicans from amending major New Deal projects like Social security yet

stalling the Democratic Party from further expanding the programs. By doing so, no

significant reforms were initiated during an era many people would depict as politically dead.

It could be after the Korean War and WWII Americans were desperately in need of freedom

and peace from war fuss.

The American economy was doing so well and this success helped in forming a

euphoric retrospective nature of the 1950s (Ppt. 17, Slide 6). The revamping European

countries were in dire need of American merchandise, pumping the consumerism division of

the United States economy. Accommodations such as convertibles vehicles, TV sets,

refrigerators, and range top ovens that were once affordable to the wealthy sector were also

available for the middle class as their life transformed (Ppt. 14 Slide3-4). The repressed

interest for consumer products released after the Second World War and the Great

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Depression continued to exist through to the 1950s. For the first time, housing units were

accessible to several loft tenants. Subsequently, the number of inhabitants in the countryside

increased. And the youths had their own music genre the rock and roll for entertainment with

already parental guidance marked on them (Ppt. 14, slide 9).

It was a blissful period, but only when measured by materials possession and

entertainment that others could afford, such as music, cars, clothes, and housing. Otherwise,

when looked at on another perspective, to some, it was a detrimental era altogether. Some of

the things that happened were unpleasant (Cordeiro and Neri 35). There are cases like the

polio outbreak that sent the states to a lockdown. Individuals born after the 1995 pandemic

cannot envision how devastating it was as kids were locked in houses, theatres shut down,

and public swimming pools were inaccessible until an immunization was culminated

(Hendricks 6). The hospitals were filled with metallic lungs while the affected person kept on

breathing through the assist of throbbing machines.

Racial segregation was at its pick back in the '50s as compared to today. Racism was

the norm across states, and devastatingly it was taken for granted even in the dynamic S.

California. Latin Americans, Black folks, and Asians were segregated to a level that they had

their zones to stay at and were kept off whites' territories (Ppt. 17, Slide 4). Several

restaurants and neighborhoods were a no-go zone (Ppt. 14, slide 19). In the city of L.A, black

folks were permitted access to public plunge on Thursdays only also referred to as

international day, and the white people were guaranteed the pool will be purged and wholly

scoured. To get the feeling of what was happening to the minority groups, be it bad or good,

one had to dwell amongst them since the media turned their back on the segregated group.

Corruption also spread across the New York police division. The situation was

rampant that the state government issued an order for the department to be closed to an extent

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Surname 1 Student’s Name Professor’s Name Subject Date The 1950’s, Golden Decade in American History The 1950s post-war has left American history with an idyllic lustre image. The TV series that depicts the events of the 1950s, such as "Father knows best," gives current viewers an impression of a perfect and blissful family. Whereas the individuals born after the Second World War are still yearning their childhood encounters of the 1950s since to them, it was a period of grace like no other. President Dwight Eisenhower, also nicknamed Ike, was regarded as the war hero as he served during several years of war. Dwight took center stage between two major American political parties, the Republicans and the Democrats (Hendricks 5). Dwight used a move termed as Modern Republicanism, which prevented preservationist Republicans from amending major New Deal projects like Social security yet stalling the Democratic Party from further expanding the programs. By doing so, no significant reforms were initiated during an era many people would depict as politically dead. It could be after the Korean War and WWII Americans were desperately in need of freedom and peace from war fuss. The Amer ...
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