Automobile's Impact On American Culture

The automobile had several long-term effects on American culture and social history in the 1950’s. Before there were 60 million cars in America and the average family could not afford a car, people were limited to what they could do. For example, most people lived in cities that were close their jobs because they had few ways to get to work. They also bought groceries at a corner store just a few blocks from their house. They did not leave their town very much and everything they really needed was close to them.

The first impact automobiles had on America is suburbanization. Suburbanization is when people move out of cities and live in a suburban area. This meant people living in cities could now live in suburban areas because they did not

Explain the reemergence of the political right and the origins and progression of the Reagan Revolution. A successful essay will include all of the following: realignment; identity politics; the Silent Majority, Moral Majority, and evangelical/fundamentalist engagement; stagflation and 70s economy; Evil Empire, perestroika, and glasnost; Reaganomics; Star Wars; Berlin Wall.

The, “Old Right,” is a traditional mindset, they believed in having a small government that protected the people of America. Soon, this mindset changed into the, “New Right.” This mindset believed in having a Scientific Utopia, which is the belief that the world should use science in society. They also believed the government was evil and they should not interfere by creating laws. This transition from the, “Old Right,” to the, “New Right,” was a drastic change that occurred rapidly.

President Nixon was elected president in the 1970’s, during this time; the economy was in a small recession. The energy and labor costs were very high, and the production rate was low. Also, the unemployment rate was very high and taxes were also high, high unemployment and taxes are called, stagflation. Soon, it was soon discovered that he was wiring rooms to listen to their conversations. Also, the Democratic Party was realigning their views. This party now supported abortion and rights for homosexual people. This caused the people in the Democratic Party to switch parties to the Republican

Ronald Reagan lowered the unemployment rate from 11% to 5% after he was elected in the early 1980’s. He also helped raise people’s incomes and tried to close the gap between rich and poor. Reagan gave a speech called the, “Evil Empire,” this speech told the American people that the USSR was an evil country and we could not trust them, but we will defeat them. A little bit later, Reagan proposed the idea of, “Star Wars,” Reagan wanted to launch a satellite into space that would be able to shoot down missiles that were going to the United States. This idea was very impractical and did not follow through. Communism in the USSR would soon fall though. The Berlin Wall was separating Germany into the East and West side. The East side was a satellite country of the USSR and the German government did whatever the USSR told them to do. The West side was free and not controlled by anybody. Perestroika allowed a small amount of freedom of speech and freedom of the press into the country. A small amount of this was enough though. Glasnost allowed some western culture into the country, such as the music and McDonalds. The people were hearing the Beetles for the first time and eating McDonalds food. Soon, the USSR’s government fell, the Berlin Wall was tore destroyed, and the USSR had not satellite countries. The new leader of Russia was Levinstine, but there was nothing for him to