History of the United States II / Unit 13 USH2 1835 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Baby Boom
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The idea
Between nineteen forty-six and nineteen sixty-four married couples produced the largest generation in American history to that time, the baby boomers.
In practice
Men marrying for the first time at twenty-three on average, and women at twenty.
Where people slip
The Yawp says the cause was more than returning soldiers: prosperity, larger homes, earlier marriage and a culture celebrating the large family.
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