Pop Culture 1950's

1. What media exploded in the 50's and how did business?Television industry exploded and business reacted to the explotion by advertising, TV dinner, and TV Guide was introduced.

2. Why did critics not like television?Because of sterotypical portrayal of women and minorities, effects on the children, male characters outnumber women characters, and did not say the truth of American.

3. What's so ironic about rock and roll music in the 1950's? Africian Americans started it and it was produced by the white people. Peopl thought that it would lead to teen pregnancy

The American Dream 1950's

1.What were some causes for the baby boom?
-Husbands and wives got together after war, large families were desirable, decreasing marriage age, advance in medicine and economic prosperity.

2. What did American have to do in order to support all the new babies being born?
-New toys, more schools = more teachers also the need for child care.

3. How did roles of women change in the 1950's?
-Homemakers and mother but they felt isolated, bored, and unfulfilled.

4.What changes allowed the American car explosion to occur?
-American car explosions occurred because there was a lot of gasoline and it was cheap. Another reason would be that it was easy credit, extensive advertising, new freeways, etc.

Truman's Labor Policies

1.What were some of the significant challenges President Truman faced after WWII?
2.How did Truman try to help returning G.I.s get jobs after WWII, and how effective was he?

The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

1.Bruno moved with his family so his father could be closer to the Nazi death camps. At first only father knew the real reason for moving to the country. Why do you think father was so secretive about why the family moved?
-I think the father was secretive about why the family moved because he did not want his wife or children to back out of the moved. This was proven when the wife found out that Nazis were being burnt at the concentration camp and it was at a see-able/smellable distance from their home.

2.Bruno was taught the think of Jews in a certain way. What was Bruno taught about Jews?
When Bruno fell from the swing a Jewish man helped him. Why was this event significant to Bruno’s mother’s thinking of Jewish people?
-Bruno was taught the Jews were bad and the reason the war began. This was proven when the tutor taught Bruno about "horrible" things Jews have done. A Jew helping Bruno when he fell off the swing was significant to his mother because it made her think Jews were not actually bad people and placing them in concentration camps, using them as slaves, etc. was mistreating them.

3.Bruno’s father evolved and transformed from a loving father to what? Why?
Bruno evolved and transformed as well. What kind of boy was he at first, and what did he transform to?
-Bruno's father evolved and transformed from a vicious soldier because he was more invovled in Nazi containment rather than his family. Bruno also transformed from a innocent boy to a caring developing person. He transformed from a innocent boy to a caring developing person. He transformed when he began communicating and creating a friendship with the boy in the concentration camp.

4.Describe your feelings about Bruno’s actions. Include descriptions of the scene and the choice(s) Bruno made, and what difference his actions made.
-Bruno's actions to help the boy in the concentration camp resulted in his life because Bruno died.at the end of the movie. The scene was intense because Bruno changed into striped pajamas and crawled under the fence and went into the concentration camp to help his friend find his father but during that process him and his friend got caught up into a group that was being transported to be brunt and they was told they were "taking a shower."

Japanese Internment & Justice

1.What does the world "internment" mean to you?
-To lock someone up during war.

2.Why were Japanese-Americnas interned in Manzanar?
-Because of pearl harbor. They were no longer looked at as Americans,they were looked at as the enemy.

3.Why were Japanese internment policies wrong?
-They had to survie by themselves because they had everything taken away from them like money, cars, houses, etc.

The End of WWII

1.Was Gen. MacArthur a successful general? explain with evidence.-Yes because He sucessfully led the Allied troops to batann,Leyte,Iowa,Jima and got the prime Minister Hideki Tojo to surrender Japan.

2.Explain how successful the G.I Bill was to returning soldiers. - College education and tranning for the veterans paid for the Federal government. Loans guarantees to veterans buying homes or farms of strating new buisnesses.

3.Why were Mexicans in L.A unfairly treated after the war?-Because 11 sailors said that they were attacked by zoot-suits Mexicans Americans and caused the Zoot-suits to be beaten because of prejudice.

WWII in the Pacific

1.Who promised to “return” to liberate the Philippines?
-Douglas MacAruther

2.What reasons did the POTUS use for using atomic bombs?
-To save lives.

3.* In 1942, why were the Allies under-strength to fight Japan?
-Because they were not prepared and disabled by the weather.

4.* Were American submarines effective in the Pacific? Explain.
-Yes because they were responsible for 63% of the suken ships, and were kept a secret for surpise attacks.