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Levittown is the name of seven large suburban developments created in the United States of America by William Levitt and his company Levitt and Sons. Built after World War II for returning veterans and their new families. Production was modeled in an assembly line manner and thousands of similar or identical homes were produced easily and quickly, allowing rapid recovery of costs. Houses came standard with a white picket fence, greener grasses and great appliances. Sales of the original Levittown began in March 1947, and 1,400 homes were purchased within the first three hours.

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The Beat Generation is a literary movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post-World War II era. The bulk of their work was published and popularized throughout the 1950s. Central elements of Beat culture are rejection of standard narrative values, spiritual quest, exploration of American and Eastern religions, rejection of materialism, explicit portrayals of the human condition, experimentation with psychedelic drugs, and sexual liberation and exploration.

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The Beat Generation was a form of counter-culture inspired by discontent
with the current state of life in America. This minority consisted of average people looking for something more in their lives than the common American Dream of suburbia and satisfaction, and was centralized primarily in Greenwich Village, New York. Their views on homosexuality, drugs, religion, and politics were considered radical and even revolutionary for the time period.

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The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highway Act, was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. The bill created a 41,000-mile “National System of Interstate and Defense Highways” that would eliminate unsafe roads, inefficient routes, traffic jams and all of the other things that got in the way of speedy, safe transcontinental travel. Highway advocates argued, in case of atomic attack on our key cities, the road would permit quick evacuation of target areas.

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Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll". Presley is one of the most celebrated and influential musicians of the 20th century. is music career began there in 1954, when he recorded a song with producer Sam Phillips at sun Records. Accompanied by guitarist scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was an early popularizer of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country music and rhythm and blues.

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Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model. Famous for playing comic "dumb blonde" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s, emblematic of the era's attitudes towards sexuality. Monroe starred in three movies released in 1953, emerging as a major sex symbol and one of Hollywood's most bankable performers.

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1950s cars were some of the most classic, powerful and unsafe cars ever driven. The auto industry was starting to experiment with a new concept called a “sports car.” By the end of the 50s, Americans fell in love with the sports car. After all, the 50s gave birth to the Corvette.Automobile manufacturing became the largest industry segment in the US, and the largest ever created; the US auto industry was many times larger than the automotive industries of the rest of the world combined.

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Conformity was common, as young and old alike followed group norms rather than striking out on their own. Men expected to be the breadwinners; women, even when they worked, assumed their proper place was at home.Television contributed to the homogenizing trend by providing young and old with a shared experience reflecting accepted social patterns.

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People started to use credit to buy a lot of things.  by 1952 America was supplying the world with 65% of its manufactured goods.  In the 50’s the boosted economy caused people to want to spend, and spend they did.

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Almost as soon as World War II ended, developers such as William Levitt began to buy land on the outskirts of cities and use mass production techniques to build modest, inexpensive tract houses there.many Americans were eager to have children because they were confident that the future held nothing but peace and prosperity. Middle-class people had more money to spend than ever