ANSWER: the United States was the world’s strongest military power. Its economy was booming, and the fruits of this prosperity- new cars, suburban houses and other consumer goods- were available to more people than ever before. However, the 1950s were also an era of great effect. Also in the 1950s, televisions became something the average family could afford, and by 1950 4.4 million U.S. families had one in their home. The golden age of television was marked by family-friendly shows like I love Lucy, the honeymooners, the twilight zone and leave it to beaver. In movie theaters, actors like John Wayne, James Stuart, Charlton Heston, Marlon Brando, grace Kelly, jerry Lewis, dean Martin, Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe dominated the box office. The abstract expressionism of Jackson pollock and willem de Kooning signaled a new age of art, paving the way for the pop art of artists like Andy Warhol in the 1960s.
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