Question

What were two causes and effects of the economic boom of the 1950s?

Answer 1

People had the money to spend the goods.  Could not buy as many goods during WWII, because they were not being produced as much.  
Goods were being produced, that were not war related.  
Many of these were appliances with electricity.  

The economic boom put money in new technologies that came from the war.  
The use of cermanics, plastics, and metal alloys helped create things that lasted longer, and more efficient.