Barbie was the exemplar 'teenager' (a term first coined during the war years) who represented a 'teen culture' that rapidly proliferated in the postwar years due to rising prosperity, spreading suburbs, and expanding leisure time. as a representation of a middle-class suburban teen empowered with new purchasing power, barbie's mini magazines, records, clothing, and accessories were versions of those that fueled the new teen market.—from "what barbie dolls have to say about postwar american culture" by miriam forman-brunell, historian what development coincided with and supported the trend described in the excerpt? construction of interstate highways expansion of universities advertising toward youth conservatism in religion