World War II erupts as a result of the Great Depression in America and also marks the culmination of the era and the old tradition of isolationism of the United States in foreign matters. The United States managed to emerge from the immense struggle, physically insecure, economically sound and quietly strengthened. The exceptional wealth of the divisive postwar period fostered a vigorous sense of national self-assurance and fueled a revolution of insurrectionary expectations. Revitalized by the likelihood of ever-increasing prosperity, Americans in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s had the greatest baby statistics; aimed at improving the standard of living straightforwardly increased the welfare of the state. Most Americans believed in their government and had confidence in the American dream that their children would lead richer lives than their parents. Rising expectations, spurred by economic progress, were limited to the 1950s. It peaked in the 1960s, a tumultuous decade in which government confidence in the wisdom of American foreign policy and in the American dream itself began to deteriorate. However, there has been a crucial development in the American way of life; the rapid development of new television technology. Thus, the baby boom, the advent of Eisenhower and the development of television are some of the events that affected the United States. Thus, these events, social, political and technological, were important to the history of the United States. Of all the turmoil in postwar America, nothing was more extraordinary than the “baby boom,” which was the enormous increase in the birth rate during the decade. and a half after 1945. By no means...... middle of paper...... Television is the most important form of mass communication. Millions of people tune in every day to watch the news or reality shows for entertainment. Television helps give people a better understanding of the outside world. It can provide educational materials and information about world events to those who want it, and to those who don't, it provides hours of mental escape. As a form of mass communication, television has a significant impact, which can be both positive and negative, on the lives of many people. Works cited by Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, Thomas Andrew Bailey and Thomas Andrew Bailey. “Chapter 39 and Chapter 40.” The American competition: a history of the Republic. 11th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. N. pag. Print."Watertown High Video Production Blog." : The impact, history and importance of television. Np, and Web. April 20. 2014.