The Second World War brought had an aftermath of another war, the Cold War, which was basically the U.S vs the Soviet Union, both were highly equipped with weapons of mass destruction and were opposites, this was cause enough to bring fears of destruction or even annihilation, change in economics and social changes to the U.S and the free world. President Eisenhower's administration did well in addressing these fears properly. The U.S and its people were afraid of losing their thriving economy; they were afraid of the expansion of communistic ideas, and most of all, they were afraid of a nuclear holocaust and destruction.
In the post-war years, the U.S and its population reached a higher and thriving economic status and did not want to lose these capitalistic privileges to communism; President Eisenhower promoted huge projects which would aid the growing economic status of the country and in turn would also alleviate the fears of the people. This new status included an all time high consumerism, Americans now owned electronics, an average of two cars, usually a house, and had for the most part, good jobs. They were afraid that if communism were to reach the U.S, it would deprive them of all the great things had by creating the communistic equal share to everyone. President Eisenhower recognizes the great living standards that Americans now possessed and lists them in a press conference in 1954. He also understands that they fear losing these possessions, so he addresses this fear by building huge projects which would make the rich richer, create more jobs and open more opportunities. The most notable project was the interstate system, a project never before seen in human history as noted in the Saturday Evening Post (October 1956 edition), this was a sign of economic superiority which aided the fears of the people by seducing other peoples into capitalistic economies which the American people so much loved.