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Positives-Boom in our economy America was still becoming more powerful many people were able to settle down and have a family A lot more production and consumption We had a can do attitude Science was growing diseases were being treated more often our space program blossomed Rock and Roll grew Movies and TV had great growth

Negatives- Many regular people were being accused of being communists ruining there lives People had less freedom of speech or else they would be accused of being communists a general feeling of fear because our enmities had nuclear weaponry people had to take extra precautions so that they would be prepared if something bad happened JFK became president our enemies were expanding more then us lost many lives fighting in war had to spend a lot of money to help out other countries getting us more in debt