During the 1950s, television and the media encouraged Americans to?

People would see someone on TV with something, like a nice house for example, then suddenly everyone wants that house. It would make people conform to what they saw on TV

Explanation: By seeing something on TV they were encouraged to try it

lincoln presided over the union victory in the american civil war, which dominated his presidency. a former whig, lincoln ran on a political platform opposed to the expansion of slavery in the territories. his election served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the american civil war.