In response to the massive surplus of babies in the 30s and 40s, the youth flourished in the 1950’s. The age of conformity kicked in as students dressed the same, listened to the same rock-and-roll music and even thought in unison (very few rebellions/war-like events). Along with the growing youth, the American Market expanded throughout the world and placed the U.S. into the highest ranking for the years to come. During the 1950’s, the Cold War was evident and many people, who were proposed to be communists, were expelled from American society. This left a fragile, thin class structure in the U.S. and in a way, brought people closer together. American consumers were spell-bound by new technology that rapidly came about in the 50’s.
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Each house had near identical attributes that reinforced the ideology of conformity. The city neighborhoods overflowed and dispersed into suburban communities that were massive plots of land with symmetrical dimensions and lawns. Consumerism in the 1950’s was at its peak and it started to introduce a common theme within American Households. Conformity was taught and expected in the 50’s because if you were suspected to be different, communist claims were cast your way. The American Policy of containment was a serious proposition in that it seemed to stop the spread of communism to nations that were unable to stop them. At first, the U.S. was successful in keeping communism at its base but over the years it spread to China, the Middle East and especially, Vietnam. The American people hated communism and we're proud to have a capitalist economy so whenever someone was suspected to be a communist, they would rally against them until they were found to be guilty. The American markets drove the 1950’s into a state of prosperous wealth and comfort. Class systems were established by the consumer and neighborhoods became more equal and safe. All in all, the youth contributed to a great time in U.S. history and set a positive tone for the years to
Each house had near identical attributes that reinforced the ideology of conformity. The city neighborhoods overflowed and dispersed into suburban communities that were massive plots of land with symmetrical dimensions and lawns. Consumerism in the 1950’s was at its peak and it started to introduce a common theme within American Households. Conformity was taught and expected in the 50’s because if you were suspected to be different, communist claims were cast your way. The American Policy of containment was a serious proposition in that it seemed to stop the spread of communism to nations that were unable to stop them. At first, the U.S. was successful in keeping communism at its base but over the years it spread to China, the Middle East and especially, Vietnam. The American people hated communism and we're proud to have a capitalist economy so whenever someone was suspected to be a communist, they would rally against them until they were found to be guilty. The American markets drove the 1950’s into a state of prosperous wealth and comfort. Class systems were established by the consumer and neighborhoods became more equal and safe. All in all, the youth contributed to a great time in U.S. history and set a positive tone for the years to