Happy+Days


 * Positives || Negatives ||
 * * minimum wage increased by Eisenhower
 * 41,000 miles of highway were built
 * population increased by 30 million
 * suburbs became more popular
 * Car sales increased
 * economy booming!
 * Advertising on TV helped tell people that they needed something that they really didn't
 * Rock n Roll (Elvis) || * 1/5 the nation suffered from poverty
 * less people lived in the cities (less tax money for public services)
 * more Mexicans crossed the American border illegally
 * Employers paid illegal Mexican immigrants low wages with long hours
 * public transportation went down, increasing the amount of pollution in the air
 * movie theaters did not do well, because people could just watch TV
 * Soviet Union had a nuclear bomb
 * Red Scare
 * Constant bomb threats ||