baby boom

Examples of baby boom in the following topics:

• The Baby Boom

  • The Baby Boom is generally defined as the increase in births between 1946 and 1957, following the end of World War II.
  • The end of World War II in 1945 brought a baby boom to many countries, especially Western ones.
  • There are many factors that contributed to the baby boom.
  • The baby boom triggered booms in housing, consumption, and the labor force.
  • Describe the optimism of the baby boom era following World War II.

• Conclusion: WWII and the U.S.

  • The post-World War II period in the United States witnessed unprecedented economic prosperity and important social developments, including critical shifts on the labor market, rise of mass consumerism, "baby boom," and the rapid growth of civil rights movement.
  • Consumerism represented one of the consequences (as well as one of the key ingredients) of the postwar economic boom.
  • As economic prosperity empowered couples who had postponed marriage and parenthood, the birth rate started shooting up in 1941, paused in 1944-45 (with 12 million men in service), and then continued to soar until reaching a peak in the late 1950s (the post-war "baby boom").
  • The red segment from 1946 to 1964 is the postwar baby boom, with birth rates starting to drop around 1960.
  • As economic prosperity empowered couples who had postponed marriage and parenthood, the birth rate started shooting up in 1941, paused in 1944-45 (with 12 million men in service), and then continued to soar until reaching a peak in the late 1950s (the post-war "baby boom").

• Age

  • The Baby Boom generation were born after World War II, from 1946 to 1964.
  • In general, baby boomers are associated with a rejection or redefinition of traditional values.
  • Generation X is the generation defined as those born after the baby boom ended, from 1965 to 1981.Change is more the rule for the people of Generation X than the exception.
  • One segment of this age group has often been called the "eighties babies" generation.

• Emerging Values

  • By contrast, their parents or grandparents tend to belong to the Baby Boom generation, born between 1946 and 1964.
  • Baby Boomers did not grow up with the same technologies as today's youth.
  • Whereas the generation before the Baby Boom was concerned with economic and physical security, Boomers tend to have what are referred to as post-materialist values.

• The Postwar Economy: 1945-1960

  • A housing boom, stimulated in part by easily affordable mortgages for returning members of the military, added to the expansion.
  • At the same time, the jump in postwar births, known as the "baby boom," increased the number of consumers.

• The Revival of Domesticity and Religion

  • As economic prosperity empowered couples who had postponed marriage and parenthood, the birth rate started shooting up in 1941, paused in 1944-45 (with 12 million men in service), and then continued to soar until reaching a peak in the late 1950s - a phenomenon known as the post-war baby boom.
  • By the end of the 1940s, about 32 million babies had been born, compared with 24 million in the 1930s.
  • Sylvia Porter, a columnist for the New York Post, first used the term "boom" to refer to the phenomenon of increased births in post-war America in May of 1951.
  • There are many factors that contributed to the baby boom.
  • The 1950s saw a boom in the Evangelical church in America.

• The Post-War Boom

  • Meanwhile, the suburban population swelled because of the baby boom, which was a dramatic increase in fertility in the period of 1942–1957.
  • The older generation of Americans did not benefit as much from the post-war economic boom, especially as many had never recovered financially from the loss of their savings during the Great Depression.

• Conclusion: Post-War America

  • Meanwhile, the suburban population swelled because of the baby boom, a dramatic increase in fertility in the period 1942–1957.
  • By the end of the 1940s, about 32 million babies had been born, compared with 24 million in the 1930s.
  • Sylvia Porter, a columnist for the New York Post, first used the term "boom" to refer to the phenomenon of increased births in post-war America in May of 1951.
  • There are many factors that contributed to the baby boom.
  • The fate of African Americans did not match the overall sense of optimism and excitement  that many white Americans experienced as a result of the post-war economic boom.

• The Growth of the Sun Belt

  • The Belt has seen substantial population growth in recent decades (1960s to recent) fueled by milder winters; a surge in retiring baby boomers who migrate domestically; and the influx of immigrants, both legal and illegal.
  • This population boom has been less substantial in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama compared with their western and eastern neighbor states.
  • Events such as the huge migration of immigrant workers from Mexico, warmer climate, and a boom in the agriculture industry allowed for the southern third of the U.S.A. to grow economically.
  • Industries such as aerospace, defense, and oil boomed in the Sun Belt as companies took advantage of the low involvement of labor unions in the South (due to more recent industrialization in the 1930s through 1950s) and enjoyed the proximity to many U.S. military installations who were the major consumers of their products.

• Sonic Booms

  • The 'crack' of the whip is a result of this sonic boom.
  • There is a big boom when there is a sudden change in pressure, and since the pressure changes twice, this is a double boom.
  • A sonic boom produced by an aircraft moving at M=2.92, calculated from the cone angle of 20 degrees.
  • An observer hears the boom when the shock wave, on the edges of the cone, crosses his or her location
  • Identify conditions that lead to a sonic boom and discuss its properties