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As soldiers returned home from war, many wanted to start families with their sweethearts, which led to the Baby Boom.
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In 1946 about 9 months after the end of the war, the population had a major increase.
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During this period, birth rates increased hugely as soldiers returned from World War II and started families.
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This book, written by Dr. Benjamin Spock, guided new mothers through the world of parenting. It focused mainly around the philosophy of "you know more than you think".
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This was 5% more than the birth rate in 1945, showing the abundance of births during the Baby Boom.
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This show helped to showcase the ideal suburban lifestyle with a working father, a devoted housewife, and precocious children.
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By this point, the birth rate was 25.3%, or roughly four million births. This shows how strong the Baby Boom really was in American society.
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The ruling to integrate schools made it so that baby boomers would grow up attending schools with children of all races.
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Sometime in 1957, the Myers family moved to Levittown. There, they faced discrimination for being black. Eventually, they were able to sue some of those who threatened their wellbeing, but the law generally proved unhelpful.