American+Youth+-+1945

Your task today is to post relevant information about the youth of America in the 1940's. This includes exploration of **teenage fashion, fads, and slang.**

Bell 1: Helen Keil, Kasey Hickman, Andrew Flohr, John-Morgan Correll

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 * The high-school social order differed by gender: boys who were star athletes were most admired, while a girl's prestige was measured by her popularity with boys. With adolescents heading eagerly toward marriage at younger ages, dating was a delicate dance orchestrated by the girl. A girl tried to attract boys subtly and her cardinal rule was never to let a boy know she was chasing him.
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 * Most teens grew up in a home the was in Poverty. In 1941, about 40 percent of families lived in poverty.
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 * There were "sock hops" and the dancing style was "Jitter Bug" similar to the Jive dances of the 1950s.
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 * Fashion and the Average Family of the 1940's

** Smooth- good, agreeable ** And many more ** []
 * Slang of the 1940's
 * Pennies from heaven- easy money **
 * Hi-de-ho- hello **
 * Hep kittens- swing music lovers, dancers (female) **
 * Dillinger- fantastic
 * 1940s womens fashion saw skirts getting shorter and cardigans replacing the elegant evening dresses of 1930s fashion. 1940’s womens fashion also became increasingly working class.
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Sydney Wessels, Connor Farley, Emily Bogardus, and Emma Patty

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 * Slang**
 * The language that musicians used greatly influenced the way teenagers spoke. This is something that remains true today,
 * When American entered World War II in 1941, military expressions became a part of everyday vocabulary.
 * //full bird:// full colonel
 * //bandit:// enemy fighter
 * //Dear John letter:// your girl back home is breaking up with you
 * //hershey bar//: prostitute with low rates
 * //sugar report:// letter from your sweetheart
 * //skirt patrol:// looking for women

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 * Clothing/Dress**


 * Shoulder pads were very popular in the 1940s.
 * Women's dresses were knee-length.
 * Sportswear became more common.
 * Women still managed to look attractive even during the hardest days of the war. [|clothing]

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