The baby boom happened to the United States, New Zealand, Canada, and Australia. It was a time in history right after WWII ended when the population went up masively, it lasted for a decade. An estimated 77.3 million Americans who are still alive today were baby boomers. In the U.S. 76 million babys were born in from the end of WWII to 1957. In 1965 four out of ten Americans were under or at the age of twenty. During the war jobs were everywhere and unemployment ended. Families were getting higher income. The exact date of the baby boom most people agree is from 1946 to 1964.
When the war ended in 1945, all the veterans were coming home, getting married, and starting families. Congress also passed the G.I. Bill of Rights. The G.I. Bill of Rights offered college education to retuning vets from war. They also gave loans to veterans for homes and to start their own businesses. Most the veterans were born into the depression and were raised to families struggling. Now that the economy was striving they were living the American dream, money was good, and babies were booming.
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Along with the baby boom came a consumption boom, housing boom, and a labor force boom. The middle class of Americans grew, most of the labor force held white-collar jobs. This all led to urbanization and more and more people were buying cars, and other inventions. Marraige rates were on the rise as well. It was becoming more and more common to marry right after high school. Family size was increasing too. Most families had at least three children.
I think the baby boom is an interesting time. I don't really see anything wrong with it because people had jobs and the economy was good. Families were happy and growing.
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