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From playing the field to going steady Before World War II, high school and college students generally dated multiple people, colloquially called “playing the field”.

Terms in this set (5)

• Entertainment. Recreation.
• Socialization. What we like & what we don’t like.
• Fulfillment of psychological needs. Feeling of belonging.
• Social Status. Status.
• Context for marriage. Continuum.

Men in the 1940s were expected to be providers, they provided the monthly income, and in many cases to provide protection for us all in WWII. However companies started providing for the war and all of the young working men were over seas fighting so woman began to work outside the house for these companies.

World War II changed the lives of women and men in many ways. Most women labored in the clerical and service sectors where women had worked for decades, but the wartime economy created job opportunities for women in heavy industry and wartime production plants that had traditionally belonged to men.

With men away to serve in the military and demands for war material increasing, manufacturing jobs opened up to women and upped their earning power. Yet women’s employment was only encouraged as long as the war was on. Once the war was over, federal and civilian policies replaced women workers with men.

During the 1940s, most husbands and wives related to each other as members of the traditional family unit. This meant that husbands were the breadwinners and leaders of the household, usually working outside the home. Wives stayed home to tend to domestic matters, such as cleaning, cooking and raising children.

Schools, water fountains, movie theaters, neighborhoods, and hospitals were segregated so that the races could not mix. Race riots were also a big problem. The Japanese Americans were also discriminated against because Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor.

In the 1950s, dating was all about getting that “MRS” degree. But in the 1950s, dating was far more complicated. People had to jump through hoops, dial numbers on landlines, and ask parents for permission before they could so much as take someone out for a milkshake.

The United States enters World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It would face the Empire of Japan in the Pacific War. Germany and Japan suffer defeats at Stalingrad, El Alamein, and Midway in 1942 and 1943.

Buildings were simpler and more efficient, while furniture became less elaborate and more functional. After 1941, American life began to change in many important ways. Rural dwellers moved to the cities to work in factories. They included millions of women, ethnic minorities, and teenagers.

Adolf Hitler

Entertainment in the 1940s were watching movies, going to sporting events,watching TV, listening to the radio, and going to dances or party’s.

A new car back in 1940s was about 800 dollars and a gallon of gas was whooping 18 cents. On average most cars got about 15 to 20 miles per gallon.

Much of popular culture was entrenched in anti-German and anti-Japanese sentiment. This is to expected when you are fighting a war against someone. Still, the ’40s brought us Jeep, the Slinky, Velcro, Tupperware AND Frisbee. And all of the Beatles were born in the ’40s.

Top 80 Pop Songs in 1940

Pop

• Bing Crosby was the best selling pop artist of the 1940s.
• Jimmy Dorsey remained at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart for 32 weeks.
• Glenn Miller big-band trombonist, arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era.
• Frank Sinatra was one of the best-selling male pop artists of the 1940s.

Joy to the World

Billboard year-end top singles of 1947

These are all the top 40 singles for 1971. *Note: Based on the Nolan Method, these are the year-end songs that represented the Top 40 songs during the calendar year 1971….All US Top 40 Singles for 1971.

Top 100 Hits of 1971/Top 100 Songs of 1971

• Joy to the World – Three Dog Night.
• Maggie May / Find a Reason to Believe – Rod Stewart.
• It’s Too Late / /I Feel the Earth Move – Carole King.
• One Bad Apple – The Osmonds.
• How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? –
• Indian Reservation – The Raiders.
• Go Away Little Girl – Donny Osmond.

Throwback Thursday: The top 10 songs this week in 1971

• 10. ” Chick-A-Boom (Don’t Ya Jes’ Love It),” Daddy Dewdrop.
• 9. ” I Am…I Said/Done Too Soon,” Neil Diamond.
• 8. ” Stay Awhile,” the Bells.
• 7. ” Bridge over Troubled Water/Brand New Me,” Aretha Franklin.
• 6. ” Brown Sugar,” the Rolling Stones.
• 5. ”
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Bridge Over Troubled Water

Silly Love Songs

Popular Culture 1971

• The Last Picture Show.
• Diamonds Are Forever.
• The French Connection.
• A Clockwork Orange.
• Fiddler on the Roof.
• Summer of ’42.
• Dirty Harry.
• Shaft.

3 December – The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 begins as Pakistan attacks 9 Indian airbases. The next day India launches a massive invasion of East Pakistan. 3 December – 4 December night: The Indian navy destroyer INS Rajput sinks Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi (former USS Diablo).

The military confrontation between India and Pakistan occurred from 3 December 1971 to the fall of Dacca (Dhaka) on 16 December 1971. The Indian Army brought Pakistani army to its knees, took 93,000 Pakistani prisoners and gave 75 million people of Bangladesh their independence.

In 1971, Intel released the first programmable microprocessor to the market, and it was dubbed the Intel 4004. Invented by Stanley Mazor, Federico Faggin, and Ted Hoff, it was the first programmable, commercially available microprocessor.