1950’s were the “happy days.” The 1950’s were

marked with many historical events, positive and

negative. The decade had its downfalls, but they

were nothing compared to the improvement of life

in all aspects. The economy was booming, making

families feel more financially stable than they

had in years. There was an “explosion of science

and technology”(Brinkley 803). Medical advances,

at this time, included the polio vaccination.

Unemployment was down, the economy was up, and

family life showed the morale of the American

people was much higher than it had been in many

In the first few years of the fifties

while Harry Truman was still President, the

United States and the U.S.S.R. were rivals. The

American people and the government feared

communism; espionage was a high priority to the

government. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin

made a claim during a 1950 speech that led to

congressional investigations into the accused

communists. McCarthy claimed to "hold in [his]

hand a list of 205 known communists currently

working in the American State Department"

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