US History › Section N · World War II and the early Cold War › Topic N.7
The American Dream, suburbs, and mass media
In the 1950s, many Americans enjoyed a prosperity their Depression-era parents could only have imagined: new houses, cars and televisions. This topic looks at Eisenhower's America, the suburbs and the baby boom, the new youth culture of rock and roll, and who was left outside the picture of the good life.
In this topic
- Eisenhower's middle way
- The New Look and massive retaliation
- Sputnik and nuclear fear
- Affluence and the baby boom
- Levittown and the suburbs
- Worked example: who could buy a suburban home?
- Cars and the interstate highways
- Rock and roll
- Television and Hollywood
- Worked example: reading a 1950s sitcom
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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