1950's+Happy+Days?

Postives:
 * President Eisenhower kept the New Deal and also raised the price of minimum wage
 * Economy booming
 * Population grew by almost 30 million mainly beacuse of the baby boom
 * Families moved to the suburbs
 * White Americans living the American dream
 * lots of new musicians- rock 'n' roll

Negatives:
 * Communism scare
 * 1 in every 5 Americans lived in poverty
 * African Americans and Latinos suffered the most from poverty and urban decay
 * Women were moslty confined to house keeping and job openings were limited
 * some protested against a "square" society