Baby Boom , 1950's

The term "Baby Boom" comes from post WW2 when mass amounts of babies were born in America. It was expected that there 78.3 million babies born during the baby boom. The time period that this went on was between the 1950's and 1960's. The Baby Boom most likely happened because it was post war. All the veterans were returning home to their families. Many veterans married within a short time of being home because after the war the marriage rates rose sharply just like the new borns rates. With many people returning home they thought the war was over so they decided to start up a family.
During the time of the Baby Boomers the economy rose up. Once those children became teenagers they started dumping money towards the economy. During the 1960's the teenagers gave around $20 billion to the economy. Something connected to the Baby Boomers was people moving from inner cities to suburban areas. It was mostly white people moving from the larger cities to available space in the Northwest. During this time we saw cultural innovations such as the men being at work and women staying home, taking care of the children. The Baby Boom was also a time of advancement in technology. In this time we saw the television make an appearance. The TV took over American lives and became a necessity in their lives.
Without the Baby Boomers we would still be in a depression. They helped us come out of that and bring our economy up. They allowed us to expand over the US, exploring new suburban areas of the Northwest.

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