Life in the 1950's compared to Today

American society today has been shaped by years past. After the Second World War, U.S. inhabitants dedicated their lives and time to shape and improve America’s culture to the way it is today. Through the decades of the 1950s and today, the society has changed through scientific and technological advances. On the other hand, aspects of the culture have not changed because its citizens have yet to advance in those areas.

The 50s and 60s were mostly the best time to live in because everyone in the family would do things together. There were no games or phones or social media like Instagram, FaceBook, Twitter, Snapchat, etc. This was the time kids went outside and played a game of football or soccer. Families were closer together. Kids weren’t always on a device or watching TV. Some traditions in the 50s and 60s were…

What are the similarities and differences between the 1950s and present-day? In this comparison and contrast essay, I will answer this question.

Life in the 1950s was a time where when a women was married and has kids she would stay home taking care of the meals, and children. Men would be the ones to go out and find a good job that helps with money problems. Also sometimes married women would hire a nanny to also help around the house. In the 1950s men respected women more than they do today because women were supposed to be beautiful and elegant. Also men were able to be a gentleman around women.

Historians tend to portray the 1950s as a decade of prosperity, conformity, and consensus, and the 1960s as a decade of turbulence, protest, and disillusionment. These stereotypes are largely true, though, as with everything in life, there are exceptions to this perspective. Therefore, the historians’ portrayal of the 1950s and 1960s is accurate for the majority of Americans, though some groups were clearly exceptions.

Conrad Phillip Kottak has visited the small village of Arembepe numerous times over the years. His visits were frequent, but spaced out over a couple years, which caused him to begin to notice some very dramatic changes from the Arembepe he came to know. The development of a more stratified society caused for some major changes coming to the small community. This essay is going to address the major cultural changes from the 1960’s to the 1980’s and whether or not the suburbanization of this village community was good or bad.

Last but not least, the 1960s were a dramatic change from 2017 because they did’nt have as much technology. There cars were very different also because they did’nt have as many smart people and the engineering that we have in 2017. The clothing is also a different variety than what we have in 2017 also. They only had very fancy clothing mostly. They did have phones they just had basic phones. We have lots of choices and even some that we can bring on the go with us. They had ones that stayed on the wall and had a long

The 1950s; for years, people have romanticized this era. The world back then was so much easier, “more innocent”, and overall just better then today. We seem to think of this time as a magical time, the streets were paved with gum-drops and rainbows showered skittles. People had great morals and dedication and hard work were respected. The men had great paying jobs and every night, they came home to a beautiful wife and children. The wives would always wear these elegant dresses with heels and pearls. The houses never dirty because the wives would always be so willing to clean. There are so many things that make us want to have that back; but the thing is if it was so good, then why did we change it?

The 1950s were known for the growth post World War. Societies of the 1920 and 1950 eras can be compared and contrasted with their technological advancements, women, and communism hysteria, that all played important parts in these two time periods. An important part in both 1920’s and 1950’s societies were the technological advancements. The Ford Model T was one of the greatest inventions in the 1920’s.

When defining one of the major historical times of the United States in a yearbook, the 1950’s stands out for the most changed decade and possibly most likely to succeed. In the beginning of the 1950’s the African American population lived in fear, hunkered down in a corner, almost too timid to act on feeling of injustice. The tendency to succumb to segregation, keep their head down, and just live with the way it was, lead people to be glad for the freedoms they had, but secretly they hungered for more. In 1955, Rosa Parks made a bold move by maintaining her position on a public bus, although ordered to move, and set fire to a drought stricken field of activism. Throughout the rest of the decade many things happened like rising of organized

I agree with the author on even though 1950s get more votes compared to other decades, however, it still have a lot of mixed pros and cons. The 1950s sound like a great decade for many family to have a better life because of better economy. However, there still a lot of sexism and racism which cause the decade sound like a nightmare for an Asian girl like me. The 1950s decade is not a good decade to live in even though it have a lot things that help family to have a better life. For example, the author give the reader some statistics : “ In Philadelphia, for example, the City of Brotherly Love, there were more than 200 racial incidents over housing in the first six months of 1950s alone” (40). It is hard to even find a place to live during

With the daring and radical cultural up rise within the last few decades coming from icons we grew to love, to what was happening right there in our very own home, the 1950’s was the “golden age” of change, and change only. Rock n’ roll began the decade, so called “perfect family” living carried on throughout the decade, the television took over minds, new fashion, and many things this country was not used to could be heard or seen right in their living room. Many look at this decade as more of a state of mind rather than categorizing it as just another decade in history. Our nation just emerged victoriously from the second World War so families began to feel more at ease with the moral purity that spread throughout homes and the economy progressing

How different would our lives be if we were living in the 1950s? Compared to present day, many of our lives would be drastically changed. Throughout my essay i’ll be covering the struggles and goals of many different, and similar social groups such as Native Americans, African American, Latinos and Asian Americans . Many of these social groups’ beliefs and religions were challenged to great extents during the civil rights era, causing bonds to be shared and achievements to become accomplished. Not only were some social groups helping others to achieve their goals but many groups were developing conjoined names and taking pride in their new identities. Although today our laws and rights may be much simpler, before the Civil Rights era, achieving

The 50s were characterized by conformity and general prosperity, while the 60s were plagued with protest and distress. Many policies, social trends, and ideologies have their roots in these decades. Although they were in stark contrast, the 50s and 60s combined produced the America today.

The surprising way people lived in the 1930’s was much more different and basic than life now. This is true because in the 1930’s almost all people lived the same looked the same and bought the same things. Even though life was basic in the 1930’s it was also a hard time to live in for example, At the beginning of the 1930’s, more than fifteen million americans fully one quarter of all wage earning workers were unemployed (https://www.history.com/topics/How life has changed since the 1930’s