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In the 1950s William Levitt created Levittown. It was rows of standardized homes built on treeless lots. These houses were for millions of Americans, the suburbs came to symbolize the American dream. The suburbs lacked diversity.

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In the 1950s the first highway was created. The highway was created to help people get to the city easier and faster. The highway helped develop franchises, automania. It also led to the increase in urbanization.

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In the 1950s people would use advertisements to try to get people to buy their products. The companies would try to get people interested in their products. The companies would use big words like worlds lightest.

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In the 1950s people were in love with music. Elvis Presley was an amazing singer. He was considered "The King of Rock and Roll". Some of his songs were Jailhouse Rock-1957 and Hound Dog-1956. What better way to listen to these amazing songs was with the juke box. The jukeboxes height of popularity was in the 1950s-approximately 750,000 jukeboxes were in use across the United States. Jukeboxes were widely used in restaurants where people would hangout and listen to music.

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Rise of Media: Television, Radio, Movies

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Rise of Media: Television, Radio, Movies

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In the 1950s people were in love with television. They loved to watch movies and TV shows like "I Love Lucy", and "Singing in the Rain". The famous TV show "I Love Lucy" came out in 1951and they made  new episodes until 1957. "I Love Lucy", has been on TV for over 60 years now. In the 1950s people loved to dance and listen to music and what better way to do that was by listening to the radio. People would listen to the news and so much more. By 1957 there were 40 million TV's.

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In the 1950s suburban living made having a car a necessity. Most people worked in the city but they lived in the suburbs so they had to drive to work. Most jobs were not within walking distance of suburban homes.

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In the 1950s they had the unprecedented population explosion called the Baby Boom. A child was born every 7 seconds. The result was the largest generation in the nations history. When the war was over, the soldiers came home and they had children with their wives so the population sky rocketed.

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In the 1950s the women had to take care of the children, and do all the cooking and cleaning. These women weren't able to work. The women were getting bored of their everyday lives. During the 1950s, the role of homemaker and mother was glorified in popular magazines, movies, and TV programs.

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In the 1950's, franchises were created and many people would spend their time and money at these restaurants. These franchises have become widely known over the years. McDonalds and Dunkin' Donuts are still very well known. At McDonalds, in the 1950's the cheeseburger costed only .15 and today it can cost between $2-$6. As you can see, these products and franchises are still a major obsession.

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In the 1950's the famous doll named Barbie was invented. Kids all around the world loved to play with the doll. In matter of fact, the Barbie is still used and loved to this day. The freezer was made and combined with the refrigerator. In the 1950's everyone just had to have the new and improved product that everyone obsessed over. In the 1940's the deep freeze was invented, but it did not go into mass production until World War II. The consumerism of these products became extremely well known over the years.