The Birth Rate in the United States

question 16

Multiple Choice

The birth rate in the United States

• A) increased slightly in the late 1980s resulting in a "baby boomlet."
• B) increased steadily since the depression of the 1930s.
• C) decreased steadily since the baby boom following World War II.
• D) showed no pattern of increase or decrease in the past thirty years.

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Definitions:

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