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fandomhigh2013-10-27 10:18 pm
throughaphase) wrote in fandomhigh2013-10-27 10:18 pm
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Modern American History- Monday- 2nd period
Class was back in the Danger Shop today, which was made up a lot to look like an old school soda shop. From behind the counter, Kitty greeted the students with, "Come on in and take a seat. Make yourselves comfortable."
Once they had, she continued with, "Last week we had a movie, which okay, doesn't really present the 50's in the most accurate light, since as far as I know there weren't actually giant gila monsters, but you can kind of get a feel for how things were and how people acted back then. TV was finally a thing, as was rock and roll, Elvis was popular... The idea of the typical American family with the two parents and the 2.5 kids became what people thought was normal, mostly due to television perpetuating it. There were also some strides made against racism, with Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier to play baseball for Brooklyn in the Major Leagues. There was also Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white man, and started off a movement. She was imprisoned and put on trial, there were boycotts, and eventually segregation on public transportation was deemed unconstitutional. Go, Rosa. We're going to get more into the civil rights movement next week, but it was definitely there.
"After World War II, the US had this big economic boom, everybody was having babies- I guess they really missed those soldiers- and then the US went ahead and got involved in the Korean War, which happened when Korea split into North and South after World War II and then the north side attacked the south side. There's more information on the handouts in front of you guys, but that took up 1950 through '53. Also thanks to World War II, we had the start of the Cold War," Kitty said. "We came out of the war as a big ol' superpower on par only with Russia, and that made things tense. We call this the Cold War, which lasted till about 1991, where we didn't actually do any battle but we made with a lot of psychological warfare and threats. People were so worried that the Soviets would drop a nuke on us that they started building bomb shelters in their backyards. The government even handed out fliers on what to do in case of an attack. There was a lot of paranoia going on. Adding to that was a fear of communism, so much so that people were being questioned and detained on suspicion of being communists, or sympathizers. This was called McCarthyism, named after the Senator who ran it. They were terrified of communist spies, that the Soviets were trying to get at us from the inside, and so they went after a lot of government workers, educators, and people in the entertainment industry. Now, they didn't really need a lot of evidence to persecute people. They didn't even need any; a lot of the time suspicion would be enough, and then all of a sudden this person couldn't get work and their lives were basically ruined because of it. So, fun all around."
Once they had, she continued with, "Last week we had a movie, which okay, doesn't really present the 50's in the most accurate light, since as far as I know there weren't actually giant gila monsters, but you can kind of get a feel for how things were and how people acted back then. TV was finally a thing, as was rock and roll, Elvis was popular... The idea of the typical American family with the two parents and the 2.5 kids became what people thought was normal, mostly due to television perpetuating it. There were also some strides made against racism, with Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier to play baseball for Brooklyn in the Major Leagues. There was also Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white man, and started off a movement. She was imprisoned and put on trial, there were boycotts, and eventually segregation on public transportation was deemed unconstitutional. Go, Rosa. We're going to get more into the civil rights movement next week, but it was definitely there.
"After World War II, the US had this big economic boom, everybody was having babies- I guess they really missed those soldiers- and then the US went ahead and got involved in the Korean War, which happened when Korea split into North and South after World War II and then the north side attacked the south side. There's more information on the handouts in front of you guys, but that took up 1950 through '53. Also thanks to World War II, we had the start of the Cold War," Kitty said. "We came out of the war as a big ol' superpower on par only with Russia, and that made things tense. We call this the Cold War, which lasted till about 1991, where we didn't actually do any battle but we made with a lot of psychological warfare and threats. People were so worried that the Soviets would drop a nuke on us that they started building bomb shelters in their backyards. The government even handed out fliers on what to do in case of an attack. There was a lot of paranoia going on. Adding to that was a fear of communism, so much so that people were being questioned and detained on suspicion of being communists, or sympathizers. This was called McCarthyism, named after the Senator who ran it. They were terrified of communist spies, that the Soviets were trying to get at us from the inside, and so they went after a lot of government workers, educators, and people in the entertainment industry. Now, they didn't really need a lot of evidence to persecute people. They didn't even need any; a lot of the time suspicion would be enough, and then all of a sudden this person couldn't get work and their lives were basically ruined because of it. So, fun all around."
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Of course, Jessica worked for SHIELD and could find just about any information she wanted on just about anyone in her world in a matter of minutes and they would never know. But, frankly, the people here didn't know that, and it wasn't exactly something she abused.
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