America's military involvement in Vietnam can be traced back to the Eisenhower years, 1950's. To Americans the conflict as well as the country seemed small and far away. Our goal through 3 successive Presidents was preserve South Vietnam against the Communist North, while limiting American casualties. But the war quickly escalated.
Money and jobs (employment) were geared up to fight communism.
There weren't computers like these today, to make a big enough impact on the world
1950s (1950-1953) Technically, the two nations are still at war. A peace treaty was never signed between the North and South Korea, only a ceasefire.
The beatniks and the greasers were two subcultures that helped define the 1950s.
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the counterculture was rotted in the social and political events of the 1950s
It sustained growth of consumer-goods industries.
Admiral Arleigh Burke and Admiral Hyman Rickover
Money and jobs (employment) were geared up to fight communism.
clean air legislation passed in the 1950s
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In the 1950s, women were beginning to question their roles and realize the depths of their unrealized potential. Many had returned home after serving in the workforce during WWII. Betty Friedan's book, the Feminine Mystique, documented this and spurred discussion about it.
There weren't computers like these today, to make a big enough impact on the world
"The Lonely Crowd" by David Riesman, published in 1950, analyzed the culture of conformity in the 1950s America. It explored the shift from inner-directed to other-directed personalities and the impact of societal norms on individual behavior.
Marilyn was an American actress, model, & singer, who became a major sex symbol, starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures during the 1950s & early 1960s.
What did Crik and Waston study in the 1950s?
Life in Liverpool in the 1950s was grim