USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The mid-18th century marked the beginning of the consumerism movement or consumer revolution. People started spending more on items that were not their need.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the first four years after the war, Americans moved into over one million new homes annually. Spending on furniture and appliances increased by 240%. Each year, American families bought millions of cars, refrigerators, stoves, and televisions.

Detailed explanation-3: -The notion of human beings as consumers first took shape before World War One, but became commonplace in America in the 1920s. Consumption is now frequently seen as our principal role in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -The United States changed from a wartime economy to a peacetime economy, which meant that instead of rationing and having strong financial control, the government and citizens started excessively spending their money, and becoming very consumerist. In Gatsby, Fitzgerald glorifies and condemns consumerism.

Detailed explanation-5: -Consumption in the 1920s The prosperity of the 1920s led to new patterns of consumption, or purchasing consumer goods like radios, cars, vacuums, beauty products or clothing. The expansion of credit in the 1920s allowed for the sale of more consumer goods and put automobiles within reach of average Americans.