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    The idea of an “American Dream” is that dream of a land in which life should be better, richer and fuller for everyone and opportunities for each according to ability or achievement (Amadeo). People in the 1950’s tried to pursue this dream as best as they could. They were buying everything they could get in order to achieve the dream (The American Dream in the 1950’s). The American dream for families across the country meant owning houses, having an education and jobs, children and the desire to

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    The 1950s was a great era of economic boom and prosperity for the United States. With this era of good feelings, it is sometimes referred to as the “Happy Days”. After enduring one of the great wars in history, America has become a superpower. With its every growing industries and it’s powerful economic might, America has risen to the world sole greatest superpower at the end of World War II. After the war, many servicemen and women returned back home. With this, the United States enacted the Serviceman’s

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    In the 1950s, many conflicts the United States had with other countries, and with other races had a negative impact on the American Dream. While entertainment, and life on the homefront, had a positive impact on the American Dream. The American Dream in the 1950s was basically having a family and have a home. Throughout the years in the 1950s, the US has been dealing with many conflicts between other countries. The very first war in the 1950s that the United States encountered was the Korean War

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    In the 1950s the American dream was to own a home, a car, a television, an each time that dream would be lived an achieved there was always a desire for more in life. What went from living based on necessities; went to living by what people wanted and desired. America has went from a society of high family values and face-to-face conversations with other people to a society of social media and the slow but sure destruction of the American family. In our culture today the American dream shows us that

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    The desire to achieve the American Dream was an important ideal in the 1950’s and many families modeled themselves after what they saw on television. Once television sets began to be a staple in an average family’s living room, the family changed. Television shows depicted the “perfect” image of an American family. One with a mother, father, son and daughter, a “nuclear” family. The mother was most often times depicted as a housewife, with the husband a breadwinner, coming home late and having to

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    The 1950’s, also known as the Atomic Era, was a prosperous time in many different aspects. The American Dream, for many people, became more than just a dream. Appliances such as televisions, fancy refrigerators, and convertible cars that were originally toys for the upper class were now middle class staples. President Eisenhower negotiated the tensest decade of the Cold War, seeing as how American and Soviet forces stockpiled H- bombs in preparation of a nuclear shutdown. Television and music became

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    period of the 1950’s was a time of new appreciation for the simpler things of life. After the brutal period of the Great Depression in the 1930’s and two world wars, the American people did not yearn for material value after the traumatic experiences of rations and high expenses of basic supplies. The American dream had a different meaning for earlier generations that had hope for equality, political and religious freedom, and a better life through arduous work. American dream in the 1950’s was just

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    Education and the American Dream Throughout the recent history of The United States, one common idea has been prevalent through the minds of its citizens: The American Dream. This dream has been shown in a myriad of media in the last century, and continues to prevail in the minds of Americans all over the country. Education, specifically college education, has turned into an intrinsic component of the American Dream. Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun demonstrated and accurately displayed

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    “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” This poem, Harlem, created a whole play based on one line (Hughes, 1055-1056). Langston Hughes wrote the poem Harlem due to his major role in the Harlem Renaissance. A Raisin in the Sun was concocted by Hughes one line, this play tells the story of an African American family living in the slums during a time when racial dilemmas were at an all time high. The family receives money from Mama’s husband passing away, but the

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    1950's Social Changes

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    The Social, political, and economic changes of the American Dream changed our society during the 1950s. The Social changes in the 1950s Women being in charge of the household while Men went at work, Men were better educated, Television which revolutionized how people know about our world, and the G1 bill of rights. The political changes of the American dream was the Distrust of communism, Space Race, and the interstate highway system. There were many economic changes throughout the 50s such as Automobile

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