ABOUT THIS GUIDE The 1990s was truly the electronic age. We would not have been able to publish this decades web site if it weren’t for the Internet. The World Wide Web was born in 1992, changing the way we communicate (email), spend our money (online gambling, stores), and do business (e-commerce). In 1989, 15% […]
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American Cultural History 1980 – 1989
The 1980s became the Me! Me! Me! generation of status seekers. During the 1980s, hostile takeovers, leveraged buyouts, and mega-mergers spawned a new breed of billionaire. Donald Trump, Leona Helmsley, and Ivan Boesky iconed the meteoric rise and fall of the rich and famous. If you’ve got it, flaunt it and You can have it […]
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American Cultural History 1970 – 1979
The chaotic events of the 60’s, including war and social change, seemed destined to continue in the 70’s. Major trends included a growing disillusionment of government, advances in civil rights, increased influence of the women’s movement, a heightened concern for the environment, and increased space exploration. Many of the “radical” ideas of the 60’s gained […]
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American Cultural History 1950 – 1959
ABOUT THIS GUIDE Facts about this decade — Population: 151,684,000 (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census)* Unemployed: 3,288,000 Life expectancy: Women 71.1, men 65.6 Car Sales: 6,665,800 Average Salary: $2,992 Labor Force male/female: 5/2 Cost of a loaf of bread: $0.14 Bomb shelter plans, like the government pamphlet You Can Survive, become […]
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American Cultural History 1940 – 1949
The 1940’s were dominated by World War II. European artists and intellectuals fled to the United States from Hitler and the Holocaust, bringing new ideas created in disillusionment. War production pulled us out of the Great Depression. Women were needed to replace men who had gone off to war, and so the first great exodus […]
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American Cultural History 1930 – 1939
By the 1930s money was scarce because of the depression, so people did what they could to make their lives happy. Movies were hot, parlor games and board games were popular. People gathered around radios to listen to the Yankees. Young people danced to the big bands. Franklin Roosevelt FACTS about this decade. Population: 123,188,000 […]
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American Cultural History 1920 – 1929
FACTS about this decade. 106,521,537 people in the United States 2,132,000 unemployed, Unemployment 5.2% Life expectancy: Male 53.6, Female 54.6 343.000 in military (down from 1,172,601 in 1919) Average annual earnings $1236; Teacher’s salary $970 Dow Jones High 100 Low 67 Illiteracy rate reached a new low of 6% of the population. Gangland crime included […]
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American Cultural History – The Twentieth Century 1910 – 1919
ABOUT THIS GUIDE FACTS about this decade. Population: 92,407,000 Life Expectancy: Male 48.4 Female: 51.8 Average Salary $750 / year The Ziegfeld girls earned $75/week. Unemployed 2,150,000 National Debt: $1.15 billion Union Membership: 2.1 million Strikes 1,204 Attendance: Movies 30 million per week Lynchings: 76 Divorce: 1/1000 Vacation: 12 day cruise $60 Whiskey $3.50 / […]
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American Cultural History 1900 – 1909
ABOUT THIS GUIDE FACTS about this decade. 76,000,000 Americans in 46 states (by the end of the decade.) Policeman arrests woman for smoking in public $46,000,000+ in the U.S. treasury 8,000 cars – 10 miles of paved roads 1900 – Auto deaths 96; lynchings 115 San Francisco Earthquake took 700 lives and cost over […]
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American Cultural History 1960 – 1969
1960 – 1969 The sixties were the age of youth, as 70 million children from the post-war baby boom became teenagers and young adults. The movement away from the conservative fifties continued and eventually resulted in revolutionary ways of thinking and real change in the cultural fabric of American life. No longer content to be […]
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