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MYP Unit Question: How did culture, events and leadership shape and reflect post-WWII America?

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Business & the Economy

 

     The economy of the United States during the 1970s had a huge impact on the way Americans lived. In previous decades the American economy had thrived during post-World War II years-as there had been an increase in employment.  It was during the 70s that the economy started winding down and taking a turn for the worst. It was in the 70s that new term had emerged-Stagflation which was a highly economically dangerous combination of rapidly increasing inflation and economic growth slowing down. 

     In order to backpedal the negative economy President Richard Nixon had increased government spending in hopes of stimulating the economy. However, this did nothing for the American economy and left the economy more vulnerable. This vulnerability was disclosed once the oil price rise of 73 occurred. This even, combined with general American irritation of the government led to Americans not trusting their government and further hurting the economy. Then, to add to the misery, large companies were in need of bailouts. These companies included The Big Three (Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors), Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, and many steel companies. Many of these companies were in competition of foreign companies and were losing their share of the market. The 1970s faced a hard slump in the economy, but even with the downturn many businesses were able to succeed such as Nike, Wal-Mart, Apple, and Microsoft. These companies lay a new foundation for the American economy- bringing focus away from large manufacturing and putting the focus towards service occupations. This action brought the economy back up during the 1980s.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education

 

     The 70s offered a transformation in the sense that the education system attempted to integrate minorities and women more into opportunities offered in schooling. These students were given higher attendance rates into schools with better education in comparison to past decades. the overall performance in standardized testing for public schools, however, decreased immensely, leading people to fear an educational crisis was occurring.

 


People were switching between traditional teaching methods, as people were deciding whether students needed more educational freedom or more old school methods, such as buckets of memorization.

     The thing about the education system, and the students that attended schools, is that they reflected greater issues that the nation was facing, such as racial, social, and economic problems.

 

 

These problems were also reflected as the attempts to completely rid schools of segregation. Racial balance was attempted by busing the kids to school each day, in the beginning of the 70s. However, by the end of the decade, the busing plan also was discarded. 

 

 

Fashion

          Some popular fashion trends in the 1970’s include bellbottom pants, hip huggers, hot pants, platform shoes, which could range from 2 to 4 inches, clogs, empire line dresses, granny dresses, and gypsy dresses. Evening wear styles for women included full length maxi dresses, evening trousers and halter neck cat suits. Due to heating systems being installed in most buildings and cars light weight clothing became popular in the 70’s, this also lead to coats decreasing in length.

                                         

                              Hot Pants                                                            Halter Neck Catsuit

  

     A popular style that started in the 1970’s was punk, which mostly involved ripped t-shirts, torn jeans, and neon colored Mohawks; this style was inspired by bands like the Sex Pistols. 

          

              Punk Style                              

            As ease of travel increased patterns and styles, such as tropical prints, kaftans, kimonos, muumuus, djellaba or jalabiya, nehru jackets, macramé bags, Spanish shawls, ponchos and wrap around skirts, from abroad became popular in America. The popularity of the styles also started with the hippie movementbecause hippie styles, which included clothes from other ethnic groups, from the 1960’s entered main stream fashion in the 70’s.

                                                                 

                                                            Muumuu

            Men’s styles in the 1970’s included platform shoes, zippered jumpsuits, fat ties, oversized shirt collars and jacket lapels, as well as shoulder length hair.

                                                                                

 

 

Film and theater

 

Hollywood had become 

Food &  Drink

 

American families had more disposable income...

Print Culture

Print media dominated...

Sports &  Games

 

In 1920s, the sports world.

 

Music

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The Way We Lived"

Due to the ..

In earlier decades/centuries, divorce was viewed as abnormal and wrong, until the early 1970’s when the divorce rate began to skyrocket.  Divorce had become socially acceptable during the 1970’s, along with many other social aspects.  Environmentalism had become more popular during this decade as people came to realize the environmental impact that industrialization had on society. Also, people began to push towards cleaner air, water, and land, by fighting against large corporations that created pollution. Other social changes that society faced during the 1970’s included an increase in STDs, serial killers, advancements in aerospace technology, and personal computer usage.

 

 

Government & Politics

The government and politics of the 1970s were widely in the public light during the 1970s. During this time, Americans witnessed three Presidents- President Nixon, President Ford and President Carter
 

 

Leadership

 

     There were three presidents in the 1970’s: Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter. Some accomplishments the President Nixon achieved during his presidency included revenue sharing, ending the draft, new anticrime laws, a broad environmental program, and reducing tensions with china and the U.S.S.R. President Ford’s accomplishments include cutting inflation by more than half and decreasing unemployment by getting nearly 4 million people jobs. During his presidency, President Carter accomplished the Panama Canal treaties, the Camp David Accords, the treaty of peace between Egypt and Israel, the SALT II treaty with the Soviet Union, the establishment of U.S. diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China and He championed human rights throughout the world.

 

                                            

                         Nixon                                              Ford                                        Carter

 

Law &  Justice

 It was during the 20s that the US...

 

Religion

     By the 1970s people started identifying themselves as being gays or lesbians, and wanted an end to the discrimination they faced as a result. While some cities such as San Fransisco and NYC were tolerant of people's sexual orientation, other more conservative areas were anti-gay.

Homosexuals in religious groups, such as Episcopal Church, tried to gain influence and rights. In 1975, when the National Council of Churches debated equal rights for homosexuals and voted to support equal  rights while resisting from giving them the rights to participate in Ministry. 

 

 

     Woman’s feminism became a crucial part of the 1970s again, as many women tried to gain access to professional lifestyles. With this, came the liberal views and attempts to gain rights in religious positions.

The first woman Rabbi came to position in 1972 for the Reformed Jews and in 1970 both American Lutheran groups made a woman’s ordination. However, although several women’s religious groups supported the change, the Roman Catholic Church refused a woman’s ordination.  

 

 

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Response to MYP Unit Question

 How did culture, events and leadership shape and reflect post-WWII America?

 

This decade shaped the post WWII era in ways such as the culture, leadership and economy

 

 

 

Works Cited (1970s)

"The Media and Vietnam." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol. 8: 1970-1979. Detroit: Gale,      2001. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 7 June 2010.

"The 1970s: Business and the Economy: Overview." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol. 8:      1970-1979. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 15 June 2010.

"The 1970s Education: Overview." UXL American Decades. Ed. Julie L. Carnagie, et al. Vol. 8: 1970-1979. Detroit:      UXL, 2003. 50-51. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 16 June 2010.

 

 

 

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