Bell Labs is working on ways to allow computers to 'talk' to each other over the phone lines. Nuclear Power is growing out of its infancy. We cease using COAL for transportation and convert to using it for electrical generation. School buses alter the nature of educational delivery. Brown vs Board, Little Rock, and U of Alabama, desegregation of education.
Interstates create unending suburban areas and change the nature of the inner city.
Colonial empires break down. The U.S. leads the world in manufacturing and manufacturing is the basis of the economy. 1959 marks the highest percentage of blue collar workers in U.S. History.