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The United States in the 1950s experienced marked economic growth – with an increase in manufacturing and home construction amongst a post–World War II economic expansion. The Cold War and its associated conflicts helped create a politically conservative climate in the country, as the quasi-confrontation intensified throughout the entire decade. Fear of communism caused public Congressional hearings in both houses of Congress while anti-communism was the prevailing sentiment in the United States throughout the period. Conformity and conservatism characterized the social norms of the time. Accordingly, the 1950s in the United States are generally considered both socially conservative and highly materialistic in nature. The 1950s are noted in United States history as a time of compliance, conformity and also, to a lesser extent, of rebellion. Major U.S. events during the decade included: the Korean War (1950–1953); the 1952 election of Second World War hero and retired Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower as President and his subsequent re-election in 1956; the Red Scare and anti-communist concerns of the McCarthy-era; and the U.S. reaction to the 1957 launch by the Soviet Union of the Sputnik satellite, a major milestone in the Cold War.

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  The 1950s were a decade marked in the United States by the post-World War II boom, the start of the Cold War and the Civil Rights movement. "America is standing at the summit of the world at this moment," said former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1945. It was easy to see what Churchill meant. The United States was the strongest military in the world. Its economy was booming, and more people had access to new cars, suburban houses and other goods. The decade, as a whole, marked an era in which greater changes took place than ever before.

   During this decade, a growing group of Americans spoke out against inequality and injustice. For centuries, African Americans fight against racial discrimination, but became popular during the 1950s. For example, in 1954 , the Supreme Court declared in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case that “separate educational facilities” for black children were “inherently unequal.” This ruling finally put an ending to Jim Crow.

   A further defining element of the 1950s was the tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, also known as the Cold War. Western leaders began to worry after World War II that the USSR had what one American diplomat called "expansive tendencies". They also thought that democracy and capitalism were threatened by the spread of communism. As a result, it was necessary to "contain" communism through force. This idea has shaped decades of American foreign policy.

   The 1950s were a decade dominated by the post-World War II boom, the beginning of the Cold War and the Civil Rights movement in the United States. The United States had the strongest military in the world. Its economy was flourishing, and more people had access to new cars, suburban houses and other consumer goods than they ever did in the past. Every decade seems to have a unique expression of the state of the nation, however, nothing has come close to this remarkable decade.