Pop culture 1950's

1. What media exploded in the 50's, and how business respond to this explotion?
- Television exploded in the 50's and business exploded to thi explotion by creating t.v. dinners

2. Why did critics not like television?
- Critics were objected to its effected on children and its stereotypical portrayal of women an minorities.

3. Whats so ironic about rock & roll music in the 1950's?
- It was made by African - Americans and it was consumed by whites.


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The American Dream 1950's

1. What were some causes for the baby boom?
- Some of the causes for the baby boom were dvances in medicine the population of marriage age were decreasing and the husbands and wives ahd a reunion after the war.

2. What did Americans have to do in order to support all the new babies being born?
- Americans ha to make some stuff that some baby needs such as, diapers, education, and toys.

3. How did roles of women change in the 1950's?
- become educated and they became glorified.

4. What changes allowed the Americans car explotion to occur?
- There as a lot of gasoline and it was very cheap. People could buy cars with credits.


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Truman's Labor Policies

1. What were some of the significant challenges Pres. Truman faced after WWII?
The fact that soldiersdidnt want to exprience rationing anymore.

2. How did Trumantry to help returning G.I.'s get jobs after WWII, and how effective was he?
- Truman helped the returning G.I.'s after WWII by providing them with guranteed minimum wage, housing aid an benefits. In my opinion it was beneficial for many people.


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The American Teenager- 1950's

1. How did the lives of teenagers change afer TGD and WWII? Explain
- The lives of teenagers changed because they started going to school and stopped working.

2. What is "White Flight?" was it good for society?
- White Flight is when middle-class white Americans left the cities for the suburbs, and the poor migrated to the inner citties.

3. Why did many Mexicans immigrate to the U.S. before the 1950's?
- To help their Agriculture Industry.


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Postwar America 1950's

1. What was the U.S. economy like during WWII? How were Americans doing?
- it was better thn the great depression
2. How did the American economy transform after The Great Depression and WWII?
-They changed from factory workersto proffesional workers
3.Why would a company like Google not do well in the 50's?
- because people were not creative thinkers.



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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

1. Why do you think father was so secretive about why the family moved?
- I think their father was so secretive because he didn't want his own family to think he was a bad person and think of him as a different person than what he made himself to be.

2. What was Bruno taught about Jews?
- Bruno was taught that Jews were evil people.

3. Why was this event significant to Bruno's mother's thinking of Jewish people?
- The event was significant because she realizd that jews weren't there to harm anybody and that they were helpful people too.

4. Bruno's father evolved and transformed from a loving father to what?
- Bruno's father evolved from a loving father to  horrible person, because he was too busy doing his job and not much time spent with his son.

5. What kind of boy was he at first, and what did he transform to?
- Bruno was a naive boy who was scared to say that he other little boy was his friend and changed into being a sincere boy who apologized for his behavior and decided to make it up.

6. Describe your feelings about Bruno's actions.
- In my opinion Bruno was a  nice boy who just wanted a friend to hang out with, and once he finally did they became a little too close that he ended up doing something he shouldn't have, but through it all he was a caring friend.


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Post WWII America

1. Why were Americans afraid of the Soviet Union?
- Because the Soviet Union had dominant power.

2. What did the Russians want in Europe?
- They wanted to enforce communism in all countries

3. What did the Amercians want in Europe?
- They wanted to create new world in order, in which all nations had the right of self-determination


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Japanese Interment and Justice

1. What does the word "Interment" mean?
- Interment means to be imprisoned.

2. Why were Japanese-Americans interned in Manzanar?
- Because of the Pearl Harbor Bomb

3. Why were Japanese interment policies wrong?
- Japanese people lost their jobs, houses, and whatever else they had at the moment.


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The End Of WWII

1.Was Gen.MacArthur a successful general? Explain with Evidence
- He was successful because he won many battles that include, "...the Islands of Bataan, Leyte, and Iwo Jima.

2. Explain how successful the G.I. Bill was to returning soldiers
- It provided education and training for veterans paid by the federal government and gave soldiers a free college education, it also had federal loan guarantees for veterans in buying homes, farms, or people who start new businesses.

3. Why were Mexicans in L.A. unfairly treated after the war?
- Mexicans were treated unfairly after after the war, because 11 sailors in L.A. reported that they had been attacked by zoo-suit wearing Mexican Americans. Zoo-suit is a man's suit of an exaggerated style.


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WWII in The Pacific

1. Who promised to "return" to liberate the Philipinnes?
- General Douglas MacArthur promised to return and Liberate Philippines. He says " I shall Return."

2. What reasons did the POTUS use for using atomic bombs?
- To save lives and avoid invasion and to liberate the Philippines

3. In 1942, why were the Allies under-strength to fight Japan?
-They were prepared and undemand and handicapped by the rain.

4. Were American submarines effective in the Pacific? Explain
-They sunk 63 of them merchant ships, a third of there ships.


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