Social - car culture , advertising, traveling became more affordable. Attractions to national parks increased by 33 billion, fast food restaurants, Increase of deaths do to auto accidents
Economic - Higher wages, greater auto production , inexpensive gasoline, construction of interstate highways, by 1955 auto sales accounted 1/5 of the gross national product, 1956 congress passed the interstate highway act - 33 billion dollars for 42 thousand miles of new road construction.
