As World War II ended, the American economy had escaped the depths of the Great Depression. Leading to the prosperous years of the post-war era and the age of a new America. As veterans returned from the warfront, they were reunited with their wives. Thus starting the start of the baby boom, but other factors also led to the baby boom. Such as Americans now feeling more financially stable and confident in spending. With the ending of rationing and businesses who produced materials for the war now producing products for the American population; led to the rise of consumerism. Americans not only wanted just to buy the new products and inventions, but they were in competition with their neighbors and with themselves. More and more Americans spent
