Analysis Of ' The Mid 70 ' S

    The 1980’s was a time of prosperity throughout America. From the Calendar that went from January 1st to December 31st to the increase of jobs. This decade was full of good changes socially, economically, and politically.

Many people challenged the status quo during the 70s, but one group that stood out to me was the Native Americans. The Native Americans become challenging the status quo prior to 1970 as early as 1961, they were trying to shape things for the better. "In 1961, more than 4000 members from 67 tribes gathered in Chicago and issued the Declaration of Indian Purpose..." (Brinkley 741). The document stressed the right to make their own choice and live the life that they wanted to live. This event was just the beginning of the American Indian civil rights movement, over the course of the next 20 years they kept pushing for new legal rights. After a push from the Indians, Congress passed the Indian Civil Rights act which protected them under the

Over the past decades, America has grown and changed tremendously. For instance, the new knowledge on behalf of society empowers more female rights in the modern days. The advancement of technology has made connections of the social network possible throughout the world in seconds. And new science researchers allowed humans to travel to Mars and other planets. The TV mini-series 80s: The Decade That Made Us by National Geographic claims that 80s are the official decade that created the modern world. The decade touched base from sports heroes, computer development, video games, and many more. Tired of the beat from Afghanistan war, economic downfall, and bad news, America was in desperate time for a positive change. It is the 1980s that made it possible for people to feel good and filled many hopes on the American people. I agree with the National Geographic’s claim that 1980s played a key figure in influencing the current generation with the introduction of cell phones and technological developments.

In the early 1960’s there were many changes and challenges for America. This time period was led by two completely different types of men. President Kennedy was a younger man from Massachusetts and was more about solving America’s problems foreignly. This was made clear in his New Frontier policy. Lyndon Johnson came from humble beings and was more of an in your face kind of president. Johnson focused on the war on poverty and did everything he could to limit that gap between the rich and poor. Johnson was also led America into a war in Vietnam and Vietnam was the major conflict of the early 1960’s.

President Reagan achieved large part of his goals. Although he had many down falls. One of the goals that he achieved was to cut taxes for Americans. In the reading, "The Economy in the 1980's" it states, "He got 25% tax cut for individuals". Also Reagan wanted to decrease the unemployment rate and give families a higher income. On graph number two, it showed that before Reagan was president the income was rather low. While Reagan's terms went one the income slowly rose. Despite high income shown of graph three the unemployment was considerably high. In the reading, "The Economy in the 1980's" it claims that there was a recession, "The GNP is the total value of goods and services produced by a nation. More people were out of work". Another

From 1940- 1970 there were many significant changes in the lives of women. As seen in past wars including the United States, the roles of men, women and children are affected during times of turmoil. Prior to the U.S.’s potential involvement with World War II, they attempted to stay “neutral”. Despite hopes for neutrality, President Roosevelt called for an increased production of material over a year and a half prior to the attack at Pearl Harbor (Yellin, 3). Both to prepare for war and during the war, women joined the labor force and often worked in factories to replace men who had joined the military and to increase the production of war material. This was a huge shift in which women left their domestic roles of being homemakers and housewives to being major

Ever wonder what it’s like to be back in the 70s? Well I certainly do! Every decade has a special significant and I believe that we should learn about it. In the 1970s, it was a time period filled with equality fighting, freedom opportunity, change, and war. One interesting fact that I noticed in the 70s is that it is a continuation of the 60s. During this decade, women continued to fight for their equality and Americans joined the protest against the Vietnam War that was going on during this time.

The ideal image of ‘nuclear family’ used to be described as a male husband, a female wife and their kids; however, in few decades, the term family has become diverse without any blood-related relationships. Because of this recent change of family values, it is easy to find that present television shows also reflect the new concept of family and influence the recognition of the viewers at the same time. Among many TV programs such as ‘Simpsons’, ‘F is for family’ and ‘How I met your mother’, ‘Modern Family’ is a representative show dealing with modern family types and values. It is a domestic TV sitcom of ABC, featuring the lives of three different types of fictional families. Apart from the humorous stories, it becomes very popular because of suggesting that friendly characters are easy to relate to real life. It shows innovative aspects of family structures including a gay couple with an adopted baby and an interracial marriage between a divorced old man with a much younger woman. In addition, its form is a fake documentary about when family members agree to participate in interviews for a documentary, but they don’t actually realize how much they are revealing their lives themselves. Also, the main theme of the show is "But that 's the thing about family: no matter how badly you behave, hopefully they 'll forgive" (Modern Family Synopsis, 2011). The show has a favourable notice in media field because it handles social issues through its characters showing racial,

The United States of America has gone through many trials and tribulations throughout the decades to get to where we are today. Each decade was far worst than the one that passed, like the nineteen-sixties. After the casos in the nineteen-fifties, many people looked forward to the sixties as “the dawn of the golden age” in America. They hope it would be nothing but peace and prosperity internally and externally. But, that was not the case; the nineteen-sixties was the decade that reformed America to its current standards. There were numerous political and social movements like, the women’s rights movement, the civil right’s movement, and the environmental movement, that brought tensions to an all-time high, and polarize America. The nineteen-sixties

The economic conditions of the 1970s in America radically changed due to the decline in manufacturing. (Shultz, 2014). The decline occurred after World War II ended. Furthermore, as the supply and demand shifted in manufacturing so did employment. Stagflation came when men and women lost their jobs in manufacturing and the cost of goods steadily increased.

Final Exam Assessment Essay In our studies of America in the 1970s we learned how many things affected the culture and impacted life. These were things that varied from the family and gender roles, economics, minority cultural groups, to politics, sports, television and film. It was very interesting learning about the culture and this period, my mother was born in 1971, so I had to grow up hearing the story of the good old days, so this enabled me to imagine them better. Although we discussed many topics and learned about a lot, a few things interested me more than others.

The seventies can be known for many things, for you it could've have meant the year that your favorite band broke up. Which the Beatles did just starting off the year in April 1970. In the 1970s the first commercial air line came to be in the 1976 and it was know as Concorde. It was soon taken out in 2003 when it crashed in 2000. During the seventies a lot of singers died, which could've had left you heartbroken. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Elvis Presley were all found dead in the 1970s. Over in England it was a huge year in 1977, there was a huge royal celebration, and the sex pistols released "God Save The Queen" which was a huge hit.

The new era of television was in full action with the introduction and production of relevancy television shows; these shows no longer hid from social problems and injustices, but rather used the world around them to create relevant and slightly more complex storylines. Shows like Chico and the Man and Mary Tyler Moore Show were examples of how television in the 1970s looked at social issues in spheres that had been previously ignored by network producers and became platforms that allowed the spread of information to the public about social, economic, and political struggles of minorities and women. Even though the 1970s demonstrated a new and different mindset when compared to the programming that had been broadcasted in the ‘50s, these progressive

The United States in the 1960-70’s was in a turbulent time marked by a myriad of individual protests that could be traced to such absurd productions as peace and free-love, stopping the Vietnam war and civil rights for every citizen. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion and national origin as it was originally debated in Congress. The little word “sex” was later added by the powerful Southern Congressman Howard “Judge” Smith of Virginia (Shafritz, Russell, & Borick, 2013, p. 450). Smith was against equal rights for blacks as well as for women consequently believing that by adding the word “sex” to the bill, it would be seen as ridiculous thus causing it to be defeated.

It can be defined by many things. Fashion. Music. Shoes. Art. This Culture was born by a people searching for something new. Something Different. Something that was theirs. This was theirs, and nobody could take it away from them. It started in the early 70s with innocent block parties, full of food and laughter. People socializing in the sweltering Bronx sun, With the powerful skyline of Manhattan looking on. They plugged in amplifiers for their instruments and used music to break down racial barriers. It connected people who would have never meet. It was the calm during the storm of racial tension in the 70s.