The American Dream in the 1950s

1. Baby Boom
The Baby Boom explained the population increase exponentially in the United States between the 1940s to the 1960s. This resulted in the largest generation in United States history.

2. Dr. Jonas Salk
Dr. Jonas Salk discovered a vaccine for polio.

3. Interstate Highway System
The Interstate Highway System created 41,000 miles of highways in the United States. This encouraged the development of suburbs and made high-speed, long-haul trucking possible, which lead to less of a need commercial railroads as well as unifying the country.

4. Franchise
The development of franchises generated lots of money. It low prices and was convenient to customers, and also places like fast food restaurants were able to expand and become franchises.

5. In a paragraph, describe in detail how Americans spent their leisure time in the 1950s
Americans engaged in sports like fishing and hunting. Sports became more popular and people started to watch them on tv and become more interested. People also started to read more, and so many more books were made as well.