The major positive about this time in US history was that
it was prosperous and, it seemed, stable. The US was clearly on top of the world and US
society seemed relatively stable and happy.
This was a time
when the US was booming after WWII. The rest of the world was economically crippled by
the effects of the war. The US economy boomed as pent up demand for consumer goods
(things that were completely unavailable during the war and unaffordable during the
Depression) exploded. This meant that people were becoming more affluent than ever
before, with things such as cars, TVs, refrigerators, and other things becoming much
more common.
At the same time, this was a time when society
seemed stable. There were no large protest movements going on yet and therefore not
much of a feeling of social strife like we have even today. The society had finally had
a chance to simply relax and be happy after the Depression and the war. These were the
years when it seemed that US society was perfect (to some).
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