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Culture and society are the truest reflections of the headspace with which the American people reside. As the times continue and change, the things that stick and are seen to reoccur most often are the defining characteristics of the time.

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The Cold War changed the political sway of the United States, representation in media, and the conformity of societal groups.

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Common trends within culture and society during the 1940's

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Roosevelt and Truman and the Democratic Party 

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Roosevelt and Truman and the Democratic Party 

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Roosevelts time in office was characterized mostly by his earlier work in dealing with the Second World War and leading the US through the Great Depression with his New Deal. The Democratic party had reigned supreme during this decade, but after Truman the tide would turn back during the 50's

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Sworn in 1945. Truman carried on the approach of his predecessor dubbing the Containment Policy as the U.S.'s official stance on the spread of communism. He was a touch more aggressive with his Truman Doctrine of 1948 which took a far more aggressive stance in holding back communism. He did allow McCarthy to throw accusations out at the US government.

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Bebop of the 1940s. Replaced the organized disarray of earlier jazz and swing music.

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These groups were faced with being treated as second class citizens.

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The Great Dictator came out in the 1940's and was representative of the American peoples comfort in their previous war victory.

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Common trends within culture and society during the 1950's

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Beat's of the 1950s engaged in a dissension from American- Materialistic- Consumer culture.

"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving
hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at
dawn looking for an angry fix"

-Allen Ginsberg

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I Married a Communist came out in 1950 and was a true representation of the way that the American people fanaticized the Communist spread into America as catalyzed by Red Scare m of the earlier age and then McCarthianism.

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Following the Korean War and other foreign engagement minority groups that had fought in the war in servitude of their country gathered more clout and ability than those who came before them.

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The Cold war reshaped American Politics and government policy. The government became more aggressive in out of country matters and swung more republican in the coming elections. Within the media via films, the United States lost its victorious stance and moved toward their more acceptance of integration of their enemy within the American ranks. Within the military, American minority soldiers got more and more tired of being treated like second class citizens when they were laying down their lives for their country. The Cold War really changed the mentality of the United States.

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sources:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/44-presidents-united-states-came-donald-trump/