Cuba threatened to start a war between the United states and the Soviet Union. The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the United States of america and the Soviet Union came closest to War. Ultimately it was resolved peacefully.
The ascent of suburbia made an American culture of conformity. The Culture of the 1950s. Amid the 1950s, a feeling of consistency infested American culture. Similarity was normal, as youthful and old alike took after gathering standards as opposed to striking out all alone. Be that as it may, not all Americans fit in with such social standards.
Following the war art generally moved away from realistic to "interpretational", since many artists were beginning to challenge the status quo of art that had existed for hundreds of years prior.