How did television affect Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s?

A.It was a disruptive force and often caused problems in communities.

B.It had the tendency to bring people together in social settings.

C.It had little effect; most people thought television was bad and refused to watch it.

D.It caused a significant drop in school attendance nationwide.

It was

B.It had the tendency to bring people together in social settings.

B

Not that many people had them back then and we had only two stations to watch, so people gathered at places where there was one to watch and made it a social event.

since it was new it was the cool thing to do, watch TV even though most of the programming sucked it was amazing at the time

I say B

I.Q. levels dropped dramatically.

E. Do your own homework.

B

I would think B.