A03: All My Sons and Cuckoo
- Created by: emma_rogerss
- Created on: 06-12-16 11:15
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- AO3 in Cuckoo and All My Sons
- World War I
- America joined the war in 1917
- Before this, America had kept a policy of neutrality
- 2 million Americans served in the battle field
- America was well supplied and their entry was a major turning point
- The Cold War
- Korea
- June 1950: Soldiers from N. Korea poured across the 38th parallel
- America entered the war on behalf of S.Korea
- 5 million soldiers died
- America saw the war as a war against the forces of communism itself
- Vietnam
- More than 3 million people were killed
- More than 500,000 US military personnel were involved
- America did not want the country to become communist
- The troops had to deal with booby traps and constant ambushes from people they thought they were fighting for
- Bay of Pigs
- An attempt to push Castro from power
- Full scale invasion of Cuba by 1400 American-trained Cubans
- The invaders were outnumbered and surrendered after less than 24 hours
- Korea
- World War II
- America joined the war in 1941 after a surprise attack from Japan
- The economy boomed when production was needed
- The army consisted of 'citizen soldiers'
- All men aged 18-16 were required to draft
- Gender Roles
- 1960s
- The second wave feminist movement was beginning
- Stereoypical gender roles were still the norm
- 1940s
- Men were the beadwinners
- Women were the homemakers
- Women were expected to obey their husbads
- 'Seen and not heard
- 1960s
- World War I
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