Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the United States in the 1950s?1. Because the cold war had come to an end soon after the Second World War, Americans came to experience prosperity in their day-to-day lives and could focus on rebuilding the economy 2. The period was dominated by American presidents who leaned toward extremes in all ways, much as the leaders of the Axis powers had during the Second World War—refusing to take an approach of moderation and insisting on fighting 3. Although foreign affairs remained unprecedentedly stable during this period, domestic affairs took a turn for the worse, as several epidemics brought shorter average life spans 4. Although white, middle-class Americans enjoyed unprecedented economic growth, the idealized image of America at the time was much more complicated in terms of race and class, and many feared what the new age of nuclear terror might brin

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