Enjoyed period being sole superpower

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After World War II, the United States enjoyed a period being the sole superpower in the world and economic benefits that came along with that position. Americans of the "Affluent Society" enjoyed greater prosperity than ever before, what sort of things did they purchase with this affluence? what was the primary cause of this affluence (why was this generation more prosperous than the one that came out of World War I)? Finally, who didn't get to enjoy this affluence and why?

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