The 1950s were the time of especially violent Cold War with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was a communist state and the state promoted atheism -sometimes referred to as state atheism. The United States promoted atheism to stress their difference from the Soviet Union.
I think it's because slavery costs less...just a guess.
By creating government jobs like the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The secret service, which is a federal policing agency that was part of the department of Treasury. At least until 2003, when is became the department of Homeland Security.
C. European religious minorities were persecuted in large numbers.
