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How did television affect Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

A.It was a disruptive force and often caused problems in communities. B.It had the tendency to bring people together in social settings. C.It had little effect; most people thought television was bad and refused to watch it. D.It caused a significant drop in school attendance nationwide.

Public Comments

1. since it was new it was the cool thing to do, watch TV even though most of the programming sucked it was amazing at the time I say B
2. I would think B.
3. I.Q. levels dropped dramatically.
4. It was B.It had the tendency to bring people together in social settings.
5. E. Do your own homework.
6. B
7. B Not that many people had them back then and we had only two stations to watch, so people gathered at places where there was one to watch and made it a social event.