The 1950's: A Deacde of Progress and Change in America

World War II had just ended. Women that were working because their husbands were out fighting in the war came back home when the war ended. The 1940’s ended and it was time for a new decade. The 1950’s were looked as a state of mind or a way of living instead of another time in American history. The 1950’s were the most influential decade in American history because the civil rights act began, fashion was completely new and trendy there were more much advancement in entertainment and medicine, and suburban life was much more functional than any other decade in America.

The 1950’s were a great time and one main reason was because most people were happy with their lives because everything was going well. In the 1950’s most men had their wives , their kids, and their cars, and that was all they needed to survive. The economy of the 1950’s was a relatively stale period of time. Because it was much of an uneventful era, the economy did not experience any major problems or breakthroughs. The reasons everyone had jobs was because the economy was doing good. In the 50’s, Americans were able to enjoy a much higher standard of living because of higher paying jobs. With the United States producing half of the world’s goods, at that point, 60% of Americans were part of the middle class.

Many of the technological advancements in entertainment helped people live a much happier and exciting life. The television was wanted by almost every average American family in this decade and overwhelmed millions of baby-boomer children who’s relationship with TV has influenced the United States’ culture and politics. Television

forced many newspapers and radio stations to work harder in keeping business. T.V. shows like Leave it to B...

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... listen to now. For example, we now listen to Heavy Metal, Alternative, new age rock, classical rock, and many more have been influenced by the music in the fifties. Next we have the Civil Rights movement and later it ultimately ensured the fact that all blacks must be given equal rights and treatments as the white people under the law. Segregation would soon be wiped out completely. America’s economy created a way of peaceful life for everyone, in a sense that every man had his house, his wife, his kids, and his car, and everything would be secure. The television was brought to almost every average American home which has forever influenced America’s culture and politics. The vaccine for polio came when a medicine student from The University of Michigan, John Stalk, introduced the United States a new way of preventing viruses from attacking the nation.