Cultural Influences Sports Some of the following are the great sporting events during World War II. When the war started in 1939 Indiana was the NCAA was the nation college basketball champion. When the war ended in 1945 Oklahoma A&M were the champions. There were no NBA champions during the war because the NBA wasn’t even started till one year after the war in 1946. The World Series champions in 1939 were New York Yankees. When the …showed first 75 words of 498 total…

…showed last 75 words of 498 total…was liked by most. This type of music was a band that played in dance halls and had many members in the band. The band consisted of horn players that played dance tones that rocked the joint. The Big Band era lasted until the 1950's. This was that last time in history when parental consent of music was actually there. After this time period the new music created was not liked by the older generations.