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Politics:
Truman was president (1943-1953) Communists take over china, Moscow breaks the US nuclear monopoly(the most powerful business that no one can compete with), The western powers want cooperation because of this

Culture:
Culture in the early 1950’s was a conformist society. Many people decided to go with the norm. People were a lot more conventional. The men were expected to bring home all the money and women resumed their role as housewife. The Red Scare made many celebrities lose their jobs because they were named as being communists. then the second red scare took place the only difference was that the fear was intensified. There was a lot of communism verses capitol government. Also after World War 2 the Soviet Union and the United States began the cold war, this lead to an international crisis in Berlin, the Berlin Blockade. This was when the Soviet Union tried to take over western Berlin by blockading the allies from bringing in food and support for the Germans. During the 1950’s the third party of the kkk started up, so their was still some controversy about different ethnicity. In contrast to before 1949 world war 2 was still raging and most men had been enlisted into the military. therefore the women were more or less the bread winners and had jobs that supported the war. when the men came back from the war the women had to give up their jobs to come back to their man. even though they had left their job they had still had a taste of independence which was something that was new because most women back then were the care givers and housewives. Income of the average person in 1949: -minimum wage $.43 -Men $2,754 -Women $1,322 -Boys $2,346 -Girls $960

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· As a form of entertainment, people of all ages would go see movies. They were very popular during this time period. Some of the top movies included “The Third Man”, “She wore a Yellow Ribbon”, “All the King’s Men”, and more. []

- The Emmy Awards first aired The first volkswagon beetle was sold in the US - The world's first commercially available computer: The Ferranti Mark 1, was released - The 45rpm Record was invented - The popular novel Nineteen eighty-four by George Orwell was published - Popular movies: - The Heiress - White Heat - Late Spring Top musicians: Fats Domino Frankie Laine The Ink Spots Vaughn Monroe “Ghost Riders in the Sky” Vaughn Monroe “Mule Train” Frankie Laine “The Lucky Old Sun” Frankie Laine “I Can Dream, Can’t I” The Andrews Sisters “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” Gene Autry In this year, the first Emmy Awards were given out to stars in Hollywood. The Lone Ranger The Emmys (began this year) The Life of Riley Ed Sullivan Show Mama Follow that Man Hockey- Canada beats Denmark 47-0 in 1949 World hockey Championships in Stockholm Swedan Baseball- New York Giants sign their first black players- Monte Irvin and Ford Smith
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kids separated themselves from adults. they formed their own dances such as the jitterbug. girls usually dressed in outfits such as wide and flamboyant dresses and guys wore more formal cloths such as slacks and informal dress shirts. they often went to clubs and just chilled with their friends. they enjoyed music such as Duke Ellington, Frank Sinatra, and Lois Armstrong. kids enjoyed watching tv, most kids had a black and white tv with a three multi covered panel that they stuck on the tv to have somewhat good color. Americans bought about 100,000 television sets a week kids tended to move away from traditions that their parents had.