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1950s conformity

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A general trend in American culture based on values of the broad middle class - 'the American Dream'

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1950s Commercialism/Materialism/Consumerism

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Emphasis on status - "keeping up with the Jones" - led to counterculture of the 1960s - stemmed from increased population and increase in economic growth

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Arms Race

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Cold war competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union to build up their respective armed forces and weapons - led to increased job growth and economic development

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