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1950's Young males returning to the United States, Canada, and Australia began families, which brought a number of new children into the world.  In the United States, approximately 79 million babies were born during the Baby Boom.
 * Whats the baby boom? **

It is thought that rock and roll music originated from African American. Rock and roll comes in many forms. It all began back in the 40’s and has been evolving ever since. Rock and roll is usually created by guitars, bass and drums. This, of course, doesn’t have to be the sound of rock and roll. A few people have changed the look and the sound of rock and roll, such as Elvis.
 * Where did rock 'n' roll originate: **

There were mainly 2 big threats that threatend world peace:
 * What threats to world peace were in the 50's: **
 * 1950–1953 – Korean War. General MacArthur planned to invade and bomb China to eliminate the threat of communism in eastern Asia.
 * July 26, 1956 – March, 1957 – Suez Crisis: The conflict pitted Egypt against an alliance between France, the United Kingdom and Israel. When the USSR threatened to intervene on behalf of Egypt, the Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs Lester B. Pearson feared a larger war and persuaded the British and French to withdraw. The Eisenhower administration, also fearing a wider war, had applied pressure to the United Kingdom to withdraw, including a threat to create a currency crisis by dumping US holdings of British debt. Lester B. Pearson later received a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts towards peace

people decided that they wanted change and a world without war.
 * In what ways did peacetime encourage economic and industrial change? **

the 50's were conservative as rock 'n' roll decated after the war
 * In what ways were the 50’s conservative? **

1960's
 * In what way were the 60's revolutionary? **

The 60’s were revolutionary because of: the rise of feminism, the music, politics and war, the assassination of JFK, Neil Armstrong walking on the moon, the Beatles, the civil rights movement and the start of the Vietnam war.

The space race increased much of the technology available today. Before this age, space travel was just a dream. And no one imagined satelites would be so importants as they are today. Without them we can't do nothing in terms of communication, transportation and all media resources. Just NASA has, in the period of space race, registered about 300,000 patents, including digital clock, waterproof pen and the velcro. We can't imagine the future of human being out of the space exploration. The space research help us to understand ourselves as kind on this little platform of life that we call Earth. As Werner Von Braun once said: the space race opened the gates to the heaven. The protests gained momentum from the civil rights movment that had organized to oppose segration laws, which had laid a foundation of theory and infrastructure on which the anti-war movement grew. Protests were fueled by a growing network of independently published newspapers (known as "underground papers") and the timely advent of large venue rock'n'roll festivals such as Woodstock and Grateful dead shows, attracting younger people in search of generational togetherness.
 * How did the ‘Space Race’ impact on the world? **
 * What topics were the subjects of political demonstrations? **

1970's

The Civil Rights Movement was one of these shifts that transformed the attitudes of the majority of American citizens and made them realise that ALL people were entitled to pursue the American dream. People had been living a fairly conservative way in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Blacks didn't have legal equality. Many woman didn't work outside the home. Most people obeyed their parents and trusted the government. By the early 1970s, none of that was true anymore. Americans wanted their troops to withdraw from the war in Vietnam. Fashion changed as well
 * What was the ’Civil Rights’ movement and how did it affect society? **

Women’s rights around the world is an important indicator to understand global well-being. A major global women’s rights treaty was ratified by the majority of the world’s nations a few decades ago.Yet, despite many successes in empowering women, numerous issues still exist in all areas of life, ranging from the cultural, political to the economic. For example, women often work more than men, yet are paid less; gender discrimination affects girls and women throughout their lifetime; and women and girls are often are the ones that suffer the most poverty
 * ﻿ What advancements were there in the women’s movement in this decade? **

The variety of life on Earth, its biological diversity, is commonly referred to as biodiversity. The number of species of plants, animals, and microorganisms, the enormous diversity of genes in these species, the different ecosystems on the planet, such as deserts, rainforests and coral reefs are all part of a biologically diverse Earth. Appropriate conservation and sustainable development strategies attempt to recognize this as being integral to any approach. In some way or form, almost all cultures have recognized the importance of nature and its biological diversity for their societies and have therefore understood the need to maintain it. Yet, power, greed and politics have affected the precarious balance.
 * How/why did the Environment become an important issue? **

1980's
 * Why are the 1980’s seen as the ‘Me’ years? **

mostly rock band like matalica, iron maiden ect. and pop bands
 * Who were the influential musicians of the 1980’s and how did they impact this era? **


 * How did the removal of the Berlin Wall impact on western culture? **
 * the removal of the berlin wall impacted on western culture by letting people move freely from east and west germany also less people died because people weren't trying to get over the wall**

1990s the 90s were called the electronic age because in the 90s they used alot of electronics in that decade.
 * In what ways were the 90’s the ‘Electronic Age’? **


 * How did the advent of personal computers impact on language? **

computers have made us use abreviations like lol, rofl, omg, brb and m8

before the 90s terrorism wasn't that big and wasn't in much places but in the 90s it started to spread for global.
 * Where were the beginnings of terrorism evident? **


 * In what ways has ‘terrorism’ become a part of life? **
 * Its become a part of life by cuntry's not having good security in places so terrorists can easily get to people. **


 * What world events have had an impact on our lives? **
 * assasinations, technology being improved and terrorism **

stuff like terrorism, world war one and 2 and natural disasters.
 * What world events are shaping our lives now? **