Similarities* decades after a World War* Economic prosperity for the welthy and upper middle class* consumer goods increase* new music genres such as jazz and rock* women allowed to start working* Red Scare in the 1920's Palmer Raids and 1950's McCarthyism* Difficult time for minorities and women
1920's
1950's
Differences * New immigration* Women wanting to dress how they want not based on society* 19th Amendment passed* More families owning cars,tvs, and radios* More spending was happening raising the economy* more jobs avaliable* richest most developed nation* 2nd industrial revolution * welfare* Steel,sheet metal, rubber, glass, and petroleum industry boom*low payng jobs for women*KKK rebirth
Similarities* periods where people wanted to breakout of social norms* rapid economic growth* Media focus on advertisment and entertainment* higher wages and less hours* Films and sports flourish* Teenage rebellions* Surburban shopping centers
Differences* GI bill increased income* new buisnesses to care for mobile Americans* Modern Republicanism* highest living standard* White Flight* Social Security* Minimum wage raise*avoid drastic economic inflation*TV boom*Church membership increased* imooratnce of public schools and colleges* highways built