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Almost as soon as World War II ended, developers such as William Levitt (whose “Levittowns” in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania would become the most famous symbols of suburban life in the 1950s) began to buy land on the outskirts of cities and use mass production techniques to build modest, inexpensive tract houses there. The G.I Bill subsidized low-cost mortgages for returning soldiers, which meant that it was often cheaper to buy one of these suburban houses than it was to rent an apartment in the city. These houses were perfect for young families–they had informal “family rooms,” open floor plans and backyards–and so suburban developments earned nicknames like “Fertility Valley” and “The Rabbit Hutch.”

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1950s cars were some of the most classic, powerful and unsafe cars ever driven. The modern designs and acceleration abilities were getting more and more amazing every year. 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.

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McDonald's was one of the first restaurants to become widely franchised in the United States. Though it opened in the 1940s in California, Ray Kroc, a milkshake mixer salesman, gained permission from the McDonald brothers to franchise the restaurant outside of California in 1954. In just four years, the restaurant had sold over 100 million hamburgers. Dunkin' Donuts, which is now the world's largest coffee and baked goods chain restaurant, was founded in 1950 by Bill Rosenberg in Quincy, Massachusetts. Four years later, he owned a total of five Dunkin' Donuts in Massachusetts and in 1955, the company licensed the first Dunkin' Donuts. At the end of the '50s, Bill Rosenberg founded the International Franchise Association, which as of 2010 included over 800 franchisors and 30,000 franchisee members, which accounts for more than 50 percent of all retail business in the United States.

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On June 29, 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. The bill created a 41,000-mile “National System of Interstate and Defense Highways” that would, according to Eisenhower, eliminate unsafe roads, inefficient routes, traffic jams and all of the other things that got in the way of “speedy, safe transcontinental travel.” At the same time, highway advocates argued, “in case of atomic attack on our key cities, the road net [would] permit quick evacuation of target areas.” For all of these reasons, the 1956 law declared that the construction of an elaborate expressway system was “essential to the national interest.”

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By 1951, there were 20,000 Diners Club cardholders. A decade later, the card was replaced with plastic.Diners Cluc Card purchases were made on credit, but it was technically a charge card, meaning the bill had to be paid in full at the end of each month. About 1 million cards were being used at about 85,000 establishments within the first five years, of the credit card invention both in and out of the U.S.

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More babies were born in 1946 than ever before: 3.4 million, 20 percent more than in 1945. This was the beginning of the so-called “baby boom.” In 1947, another 3.8 million babies were born; 3.9 million were born in 1952; and more than 4 million were born every year from 1954 until 1964, when the boom finally tapered off. By then, there were 76.4 million “baby boomers” in the United States. They made up almost 40 percent of the nation’s population.

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In the early 1950's the American Pop Charts are dominated by the remnants of the big band era including vocalists such as Doris Day, Frankie Lane, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney and Nat King Cole, along with band leaders Mitch Miller, Percy Faith and others. In the earliest rock and roll styles of the late 1940s and early 1950s, either the piano or saxophone was often the lead instrument, but these were generally replaced or supplemented by guitar in the middle to late 1950s. In addition, rock and roll may have contributed to the civil rights movement because both African-American and white American teens enjoyed the music.

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Elvis Presley's impact on pop culture. Elvis wasn't the first to sing in a rock 'n' roll style, so he can't be credited with inventing it. But, his version of this new music became widely popular during the mid-1950s. It is estimated that Elvis has sold over 600 million units in the USA and over 400 million units in all other countries combined for a total of over one billion units sold worldwide. The RIAA counts only certifiable round numbers: 500,000 for Gold. full millions for Platinum and Multiple platinum.

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Disneyland Park, originally Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17, 1955. It is the only theme park designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. Walt Disney came up with the concept of Disneyland after visiting various amusment parks with his daughters in the 1930's and 1940's.

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The American diner is a home away from home for many Americans. Often open 24 hours a day, the diner is a place to socialize, eat when working a late shift or enjoy a meal any time of day. It is an American icon that has appeared in all facets of popular culture. The concept of the diner began when Water Scott, a Rhode Island entrepreneur, re purposed a horse-pulled wagon into a car that served sandwiches, coffee, pies, and eggs to people late at night. He quit his job as a printer to sell food from the wagon. Soon other companies followed to produce lunch wagons or early diners. Later diners had smaller wheels, larger counters, tile and bathrooms and often were permanent establishments, catering to the lunch and night crowd.