Humanities Homework Help

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Answer the following questions with as much detail as possible while viewing the video. A few sentences or more

1. Describe the end of the Korean War.

2. The 1950s witnessed one of the most prosperous economies in American history. How did this prosperity effect the following:

• women’s roles
• family life in the suburbs
• consumer culture
• mid-century male dominated “white collar” professionals

3. Describe how the following influenced American culture in the 50’s:

• television
• rock n’ roll and Elvis
• “baby boom”

4. Describe the role of the following during the early days of the Civil Rights movement:

• Rosa Park
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Little Rock High School

5. How did the automobile and the Interstate Highway Act change American society?

6. Describe the importance of the following in regards to the ‘Cold War’ in the 1950’s?

• Hungarian Revolution
• atomic/hydrogen bombs/ICBM
• Sputnik
• Nixon & Khrushchev
• ‘Twenty-One’ scandal