Which of the Following Statements Accurately Describes the Baby Boom

question 25

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements accurately describes the baby boom in the United States?

• A) It has been romanticized and vastly overemphasized in importance as a social phenomenon because the effects on society were hardly noticeable decades later.
• B) It resulted in the majority of mothers at the time also pursuing professions such as teaching, nursing, accounting, and working as attorneys in law offices.
• C) It started in the early days of the Second World War because advertising campaigns tended to focus on the need for children to help with the war effort.
• D) It resulted in an increase in the number of mothers but a decrease in the number of babies overall, as women were generally having fewer children.
• E) It was a postwar trend that reinforced the idea that a woman's place was in the home and helped drive economic growth due the market of goods centered on children.

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