What do you think was great about each of the following decades?

Question

50's
60's
70's
80's
90's
thank you!

Answer 1

1.Elvis,innocence,55 chevys,Marilyn Monroe,Marlon Brando
2.The Beatles!Hippies,free love,television was great!
3.The cool clothes,lots of music change,disco,good ol rock n roll
4.Computers were easily available and affordable.
5Peopl were learning to be more compassionate and more accepting of other people,gay,straight,black,white,rich,poor and so on.

Answer 2

Drive Inns
The Beatles
Muscle Cars
Valley Girls
Bill Clinton

Answer 3

50's...I was born!!!! Great music, great cars, great clothes.
60's...I got my driver's license & began to date! We had a great president...Kennedy. Music was getting better and society was changing and becoming more open minded.
70's...I graduated high school, got a great job, got married, had a blast doing the disco thing...clothes were awesome and the music still is awesome today.
80's...I was promoted in my job twice, I became a homeowner. Music was still great...so were the clothes.
90's...I was promoted on my job again, bought a second home for rental property...life was easier and we were more financially secure. Music was so/so...some good some not so good. Clothes went the same way.

Answer 4

1950s~the advancement of television broadcasting; works by well known dramatists such as Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire", Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" and "The Diary of Anne Frank" as a play; the rise of famous athletes like Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Hank Aaron, etc. and The Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952, and events such as Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a public bus and racial segregation was ruled unconstitutional.

1960s~Literary greats such as Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird", writings by women of color such as Gwendolyn Brooks and Maya Angelou; during the 60s, college campuses became centers of debate and scenes of protest, the publication of "Equality of Educational Opportunity" by James Coleman which led the way to forced integration and busing in the 70s; Civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King and Stokely Carmichael, the Hippie movement reigned, promoting drugs, rock music, mystic religions and sexual freedom....soooo many things in the 60s and don't forget about Woodstock.

1970s~The poetry of Rod McKuen was incredibly popular. The fashion influences of the 60s such as bellbottom pants, hip huggers, platform shoes, etc. were the popular fashion statements of the day; the floppy disc appeared and Intel introduced the microprocessor; Apollo 17 was the last manned craft to the moon; 1970 was the first Earth Day, 4 students were killed at Kent State by National Guardsmen.

1980s~Space shuttle Challenger exploded in 1974; Wayne Williams was arrested in Atlanta for the murders of 23 black children; the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated with 57, 939 names of American soldiers killed or missing in Vietnam; Cable tv was born and thus MTV had an enormous impact on music.

1990s~Reading entire books online became available; Sadam Husein's invasion of Kuwait and the resultant Gulf War took place; the Rodney King incident took place in 1992; a bomb was detonated beneath the World Trade Center; the OJ Simpson trial; the Oklahoma bombing; the "Americans With Disabilities Act" became effective; the "Don't ask, Don't tell" law was introduced;

Answer 5

50's: nice clothes and very elegant
60's: some rock and roll bands
70's: nothing to say here
80's: good movies, good pop music, many great videogames
90: good tv shows, less problems in the world than now

Answer 6

50's my parents got married
60's I was born and music
70's music
80's my daughter was born, music, and fashion
90's my son was born

Answer 7

Too wholesome
Too much weird hair
Too much disco
Too cheesy
Too dirty

Answer 8

they happened in order...

Answer 9

idk