The Contemporary Period 1939present

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The Contemporary Period1939-present

• Ami Shevlin
• Kelly Mattoon
• Ariana Sauerhafer

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Major Characteristics of the Time

• Social non-conformity staying away from
  traditional ways of life
  
• Disillusionment protesting against social norms
  
  
• Spontaneity more acting on ideas with a free
  spirit
  
• Self-indulgence making ones life better without
  worry about the consequences

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Major Historical Events!

• 1939-1945 World War I
• 1950s McCarthy Era
• 1954 Race segregation in schools declared
  unconstitutional
  
• 1955 Blacks in Alabama boycott segregated bus
  lines
  
• 1961-1970 Vietnam War
• 1963 President John F. Kennedy assassinated

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More Historical Events!

• 1963 200,000 Freedom Marchers demonstrate in
  Washington, D.C.
  
• 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert
  Kennedy assassinated
  
• 1969 Neil Armstrong becomes the first man on
  the moon
  
• 1981 AIDS is discovered
• 1995 Oklahoma City bombing

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Historical Events cont.!

• 1998 President Clinton impeached by
  Republics, then in 1999, he was acquitted of the
  charges
  
• 2001 Attack on World Trade Center in New York
  City 3000 people killed
  
• 2002 U. N. Security Council approves the
  resolution to send weapons inspectors to Iraq
  
• 2003 War in Iraq

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Prominent People Of The Time Period

• Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
• Winston Churchill was a British Statesman and
  prime minister of Great Britain during WWII. He
  was also an author.
  
• Mao Tse-Tung (1893-1976)
• Mao was a leader and revolutionary strategist
  of the Chinese Communist Revolution. He was also
  the founder of the Chinese Communist Party.
  (1921)

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Prominent People Continued

• Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)
• Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister
  and civil rights leader of the 1900s. Martin
  Luther King Jr. fought for freedom of Blacks and
  other minorities.
• John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
• John F. Kennedy was a statesman and served as
  the 35th president of the U.S.A. from 1961-1963.
  John F. Kennedy was the youngest man elected
  president. He was assassinated by Lee Harvey
  Oswald after serving less than one term in
  office.

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Prominent People Continued

• Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
• Albert Einstein was a physicist who studied
  and taught himself on his own. He later became a
  professor and studied with other scientists to
  produce scientific laws.

Martin Luther King Jr.
John F. Kennedy
Mao Tse-Tung
Albert Einstein
Winston Churchill
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A Few More People

• Saddam Hussein
• Rosa Parks
• Bill/Hilary Clinton

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Reason for its Name

• Counterculture
• Named for the people who refused to conforms to
  socially acceptable behaviors
  
• Defiance against authority especially government

• Beat Movement
• Term coined by Jack Kerouac
• Slang term for being beat down after World War
  II
  
• Represents care-free reckless and fresh
  approaches to situations

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Prominent Authors and Their works

• 1. Maya Angelou
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970)
• Gather Together in My Name (1974)
• Singin and Swingin and Gettin Merry Like
  Christmas (1976)
  
• The Heart of a Woman (1981)
• All Gods Children Need Traveling Shoes
  (1986)
  

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• 2. Ernest Hemingway
• The Old Man and the Sea (1952)
• For Whom the Bell Tolls (1954)
• Islands in the Stream (1970)
• The Garden of Eden (1986)
• 3. Joseph Heller
• Catch-22 (1961)
• Something Happened (1974)
• God Knows (1984)
• Picture This (1988)
• Closing Time (1994)

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• 4. Arthur Miller
• Focus (1945)
• Death of a Salesman (1949)
• The Crucible (1953)
• A View from the Bridge (1955)
• The Last Yankee (1993)
• 5. Toni Morrison
• The Bluest Eye (1970)
• Sula (1973)
• Song of Solomon (1977)
• Beloved (1987)

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• 6. George Orwell
• Animal Farm (1945)
• 1984 (1949)
• 7. Sylvia Plath
• The Colossus (1960)
• The Bell Jar (1963)
• Ariel (1965)
• Crossing the Water (1971)
• Winter Trees (1971)

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• 8. J.D. Salinger
• Catcher in the Rye (1951)
• Franny and Zooey (1961)
• Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters (1963)
• Seymour An Introduction (1963)
• 9. John Steinbeck
• The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
• East of Eden (1952)
• Of Mice and Men (1953)
• Travels with Charley (1962)

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• 10. Alice Walker
• In Love and Trouble (1973)
• Meridian (1976)
• The Color Purple (1982)
• The Temple of My Familiar (1989)
• Possessing the Secret of Joy (1992)

The Grapes of Wrath tells the story of a
family struggling during the Great Depression and
enduring the hardship and oppression suffered by
migrant laborers The Crucible allegory of McCa
rthy era and his policy of sniffing out
Communists Beloved explores the physical emo
tional devastation wrought by slavery
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Music 1950s

• Strictly entertaining innocent music
• The start of rock and roll
• Elvis Presley Heart Break Hotel
• Buddy Holly Tutti Frutti
• Bill Haley and the Comets Rock Around the Clock

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Music 1960s

• Hippie Era
• Music reflected protest of war and unjust
  government
  
• Beatles
• Janis Joplin
• Bob Dylan
• Jimi Hendrix

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Music 1970s

• Disco-up beat dance music
• Bee Gees
• Diana Ross
• KC and the Sunshine Band
• Rock-beginning of heavy metal
• Alice Cooper
• Black Sabbath
• Kiss

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Architecture

• Two of the prominent styles of architecture
  were
  
• Formalism (1957-1996) a renewed interest in
  monumental qualities and an interest in form for
  expressive purposes
  
• Brutalism (1957-1996) characterized by the use
  of rough- cast concrete and massive forms
  
• Famous architect
• Frank Lloyd Wright
• Frederick Law Olmsted
• Setback Style Skyscrapers

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Fashion in the 1950s

• In the 1950s the mood of the time was one of
  optimism. This resulted in a fashion full of
  sophisticated looks including outfits with
  matching accessories. Make up was being worn and
  beauty was something which was focused on.
• At this time, industries were also growing,
  resulting in the production of more and more
  readily available and stylish clothes.

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Fashion in the 1960s and 1970s

• In the 1960s fashion trends started being set by
  younger people. Geometric hairstyles, black eye
  makeup, white lipstick, and mini-skirts were all
  formed. This look was one in which younger
  people loved, and older people despised.
• Around the 1970s, the Punk Movement took place.
  Different hair colors, tattered clothes, chains,
  safety pins and metal studs all became popular.
  A new health and fitness crazy also led to the
  trend of athletic clothes.

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Fashion in the 1980s and 1990s

• In the 1980s womens clothes started to become
  more similar to men's clothes. Small suits,
  exaggerated shoulder lines, shoulder pads and
  short, neat, hairstyles came into fashion.
• By the 1990s there were so many different trends
  that if was difficult to pick out the current
  one. More sportswear, leisure wear, body suits
  and bright colors were being worn. There were
  many different options in clothing that people
  had to choose from.
• This is also the case today.

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Fine Art
There were many different artists who lived and
became famous during the Contemporary Period
Picasso (1881-1973) Picasso was the most
influential artist of the 20th century. He was
best knows for founding revolutionary art style,
principally Cubism, and for his contributions as
a sculptor, painter, and designer. He studied
both formally and informally.
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More Fine Art/Artists

• Andy Warhoe (1928-1987) Pop artist and film
  maker. Pop art is a form of art which depicts
  objects or scenes from everyday life, and employs
  techniques of commercial art and popular
  illustrations.

Some other famous pop artists were
Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney (British), Jasper
Jones
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A Few More Artists
Fredrick Olmsted Fredrick Olmsted is recognized
as one of Americas most famous landscaping
architects.
Ramone Santiago, Monet, Dahli and Mattice were
also some other artists who lived during the
Contemporary Period.
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Technological Advances

• There were many technological advances and
  inventions during the Contemporary Period
  
• 1939 Helicopter
• 1946 Microwave Oven
• 1962 Audio Cassette
• 1965 Contacts
• 1967 Handheld Calculator
• 1979 Cell Phone
• 1985 Windows
• 1996 Web TV

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