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The statistic below shows one area of economic prosperity in the 1950s:
Retail record sales in 1954: $182 million
Retail record sales in 1960: $520 million

Source: http://www.shmoop.com/1950s/statistics.html

Which statement explains a key reason for the rapid rise in record sales in between 1954 and 1960?

the post war population increase
the spread of television to most American homes
the development of rock and roll music
the development of new record production methods

Question

Medal to whoever can help me!!

The statistic below shows one area of economic prosperity in the 1950s:
Retail record sales in 1954: $182 million
Retail record sales in 1960: $520 million

Source: http://www.shmoop.com/1950s/statistics.html

Which statement explains a key reason for the rapid rise in record sales in between 1954 and 1960?

 	
	the post war population increase
	the spread of television to most American homes
	the development of rock and roll music
	the development of new record production methods

xxskittlesxx · Answer

A. and B. Are correct

umulas · Answer

tv and record stores have nothing to do with one another.

record sales were those long discs during that time (not like us were everything is digital and we don't have music stores)

Since the rise of rock and roll and other types of music, people wanted to listen to them, which meant that they had to go buy them at the disc stores, which is why they exploded in economic sucess
C