Pop Culture 1950's

1. What media exploded in the 50’s, and how did business respond to this explosion?

 -Television media exploded in the 50's and businesses responded to this explosion by creating TV dinners where people are able to put frozen food in disposable trays in the oven and that made it easier for people to watch television.

2. Why did critics not like television?

 -Critics did not like television because the effect it had on children and stereotypical portrayal of women and minorities. Television gave an unrealistic sense of what an ideal American is.

3. What’s so ironic about rock and roll music in the 1950’s?

-The rock and roll music in the 1950's is ironic because it was performed by African Americans and consumed by Whites.

The American Dream 1950s

1.what were some causes for baby boom ?

2. what did Americans have to do in order to support all new babies being born ?

3. how did roles of women change in the 1950's?

4. what changes allowed the American car explosion to occur ?

Truman's Labor Policies

What ws ome of the significant challanges pres truman faced after WWII ?
Try to get jobs for the soliders.giving aafrican americans equal rights .and for the product shortages
How did he try to help returning G.I. get jobs after WWII and how effective was he ?
by making them get mimium wage jobs .he was very effective

The American Teenager

1.How did the lives of teenagers change after TGD and WWII? Explain
Lives of teenagers did change because during the Great depression no one could afford anything and they had to work for what they wanted but then things changed .
2.What is "white flight?" Was it good  for society ?
White flight is when poeple left to the suburbs
3.Why did many Mexicans immigrate to the U.S before the 1950's ?
The reason why mexicans immigrated to the U.S before was becasue of agricultural laborers .

Post War American

1.what was the U.S  economy like during WWII ? How many 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.
2.How did the American econmy transform after the Great Depreession 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.
3.Why would a company like google not do well in the 50s?
-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 the striped pajamas

Why do you think father was so secretive about why the family moved?

-I think the father was secretive about why the family moved because he did not want his wife or children to back out of the moved. This was proven when the wife found out that Nazis were being burnt at the concentration camp and it was at a see-able/smellable distance from their home.

What was Bruno taught about Jews?

-Bruno was taught the Jews were bad and the reason the war began. This was proven when the tutor taught Bruno about "horrible" things Jews have done. A Jew helping Bruno when he fell off the swing was significant to his mother because it made her think Jews were not actually bad people and placing them in concentration camps, using them as slaves, etc. was mistreating them

 Bruno’s father evolved and transformed from a loving father to what? Why?

-Bruno's father evolved and transformed from a vicious soldier because he was more invovled in Nazi containment rather than his family. Bruno also transformed from a innocent boy to a caring developing person. He transformed from a innocent boy to a caring developing person. He transformed when he began communicating and creating a friendship with the boy in the concentration camp

What kind of boy was he at first, and what did he transform to?

Describe your feelings about Bruno’s actions.
-Bruno's actions to help the boy in the concentration camp resulted in his life because Bruno died at the end of the movie. The scene was intense because Bruno changed into striped pajamas and crawled under the fence and went into the concentration camp to help his friend find his father but during that process him and his friend got caught up into a group that was being transported to be posion and they was told they were "taking a shower."

WW2 America

Why were Americans afraid of the Soviet Union ?
-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.
What did the Russians want in Europe ?
- Russians encouraged communism and they wanted to rebuild Europe's economy using their materials and goods. They also wanted to u
se Eastern Europe to control the United States' influence on the Western part of Europe.

What did the 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 Interment & Justice page 120

1) what does the word "interment" meaan to you ?
To keep people locked up in war .
2)why were japanese americans interned in manzanar?
they thought all japanese were a threat even the babys
3)why were japanese internment policies wrong?
Because the camps took all of there belongings away and made there lives even more worse then it already was .

The End Of WWII page 119

1.Was Gen. MacArthur a sccessful general/ Exlain with edidence
 Yes, because he was victorys .

2.Explain how successful the G.I Bill was to returning soliders.
G.I bill was successful becasue they sent alot of returned verterns to college

3.Why were Mexicans in L.A unfairly Treated in 1943?
mexicans were unfairly treated because 11 sailors in Los Angeles reported that they had been attacked by zoot-suit-wearing Mexican Americans.