1950's context by https://padlet.com/lucyep77/mwap044kc2ciua5c en-us 2022-09-26 08:55:38 UTC 2022-09-27 09:42:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Cultural lucyep77 https://padlet.com/lucyep77/mwap044kc2ciua5c/wish/2313279070 - young Americans more disposable income, allowed them to devote more time and money to leisure activities and the consumption of pop culture
- rock and roll became popular as new style of music, was popular among teenagers
- new technology television began to compete with motion pictures as a major form of popular entertainment
- by 1955 half of American homes owned a TV
- post war baby boomers grew into teens/young adults
- Elvis Presley rose to stardom

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-the dawn of the cold war
-civil rights movement in the US

]]> 2022-09-27 09:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyep77/mwap044kc2ciua5c/wish/2315230742 industrial lucyep77 https://padlet.com/lucyep77/mwap044kc2ciua5c/wish/2315235264 - called the 'advertisers dream decade'
- post-war economy rebounded
- Americans were ready to buy goods, so advertisers eager to sell
- more powerful way to advertise than print: television
- consumer consumption peaked at historically high level]]> 2022-09-27 09:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyep77/mwap044kc2ciua5c/wish/2315235264 political lucyep77 https://padlet.com/lucyep77/mwap044kc2ciua5c/wish/2315239138 - ideological clash between communism and capitalism
- civil rights movement
- the cold war
- the Korean war
- government expanded its role in the economy during the 50s by adopting new budgeting to a variety of programs]]> 2022-09-27 09:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lucyep77/mwap044kc2ciua5c/wish/2315239138 social lucyep77 https://padlet.com/lucyep77/mwap044kc2ciua5c/wish/2315244852 - families and social norms beginning to change, many families moving from cities to suburbs
- sense of uniformity, conformity was common
- post war baby boom
- both middle and working class living affluent lifestyle for the first time
- civil rights

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