Happy+Days

 Negatives:
 * Nearly one in every five Americans lived in poverty.
 * Immigration from Mexico was increased a lot, many mexicans crossed the border illegally. Illegal immigrants were often taken advantage of by their employers, forced to work longer hours for lower pay in fear of being deported.
 * Things women could do were very limited in terms of jobs.
 * The 50's were plagued by an ignorant fear of communism, people would assume others were communists when no hard evidence was, or could be, provided.
 * America faced the embarrassment of running second to the Soviets, because they had gotten the first satellite to orbit the earth. Americas first satellite launch attempt failed publicly.

Positives:
 * Eisenhower tried to please everybody with his presidency, and succeeded for the most part. He kept most of the New Deal programs and increased minimum wage. He created the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
 * The economy was booming and the population was increasing rapidly because of the baby boom. The amount of families with 3 to 4 children sky rocketed.
 * Suburbs began growing as families left overcrowded cities. Living in the suburbs was the American dream, people lived happy affordable, single family housed lives. Parents had good schools to send their kids to and a safe environment to raise them. Living in the suburbs it was necessary to own a car, so car sails exploded. Owning the newest car or appliance was a symbol of social standing and success, people were drawn into spending sprees. Americans created the period of retail spending up until that point.
 * People were always entertained via rock 'n' role music or the television.
 * A very optimistic attitude fell over the United State's scientists. Huge amounts of money were spent on medical research and the space program.
 * Once life threatening diseases could now be cured easily with the use of antibiotics, and viruses, such as the flu, could be prevented with a simple vaccine.
 * America got its act together and pulled ahead in the space race