Social

• Expansion of TV


  1950s
• Teenage rebellion


  1950s
• Levittown


  1950s/60s
• Car industry growth


  1960s
• 'War on Poverty'


  1964
• Medicare Act


  1965
• Anti-war protest


  1968-70
• Growth of suburbs


  • Significant expansion of residential areas outside of urban centres
  • Driven by factors such as increased automobile ownership and desire for space and privacy
• Vietnam media coverage


  • Extensive and often controversial reporting by journalists
  • Contributing to public scepticism and opposition to the conflict
  • '19' song represented views of majority and reality of war
  • Average age of US soldier was 19