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Youth for Christ religious organization was formed October 16, 1943. Youth for Christ works with young people to share the good news of god with them.
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The National Council of the Churches of Christ merged interchurch ministries nationwide. Religious organizations were formed 1943 - 1956.
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January 2nd, 1944, William Franklin “Billy” Graham, Jr. is a Southern Baptist Minister was known as a spiritual adviser to U.S. presidents. He was a trend of celebrity ministers.
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Atlantic City, New Jersey in May 17, 1947, the Conservative Baptist Association of America was organized. It is a part the continuing Fundamentalist - Modernist Controversy within the Northern Baptist Convention.
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In 1950, about 24 percent of all married American women had jobs. Married women with jobs had first begun to outnumber unmarried women with jobs (near the end of World War II).
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In the 1920s, many students were able to complete secondary school. However, by the 1950s, majority of the middle-class teenagers were stay in school and only do part time jobs if they worked.
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The following years after World War II was the growing of wealth which gave a high rise in consumption and birth rates.
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June 14, 1954, Congress added “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance, and the next year it required the phrase “In God We Trust” to appear on all American currency.
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Men were expected to go to school and find a job to support their wives and children. Women were expected to be supportive to their husbands and keep the house in line, cook and raise the children.
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Elvis Presley was a star performer in the early days of rock-and-roll. Parents were against their children listening to rock-and-roll. Elvis Presley attracted hordes of screaming teenage girls. Parents were against their children listening to this music and thought that Elvis moves were inappropriate. He was an impact on the youth.
