Conformity and the consumer culture of the 1950s were both supported by the beat generation. the civil rights movement. the counterculture. the advertising industry.

They were most supported by the advertising industry

The American advertising industry worked in ways that promoted ideals of conformity and consumer culture. Advertising methods such as bandwagoning, when there is an idea that, if everybody has/wants/uses it, then it must be good, and other methods that promoted conformity.

c. troops marched forward in close formation against newer, more accurate weapons