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Topic 9A RAFT 20A Describe the various factors that contributed to post-World War II economic and population growth. A. the long post-war peace between democratic nations:

After World War II ended, there was a "long boom" of international economic prosperity which lasted from 1945 to the early 1970's.

It was called the "baby boom" because over 77 million babies were born during this time and the population was rapidly increasing. Population ballooned thanks to no wars and medical advances saving peoples lives.

The automobile industry started to make cars again and new industries started making more electronics, which created an increase in the economy. Also there was a need for military supplies so that industry's economy increased as well.

Trade barriers in Europe continued to fall even as increasing tax rates and economic regulation in later decades hindered Europes growth and job creation.

Peace occurred in the democratic nations because after WWII the UN had formed and tried to preserve the peace.

The baby boom or the long boom had a huge effect as in 1950, a few years after the war there were 3,584,000 babies born effecting the European economy.

The automobile industry sucessfully converted back to producing cars, and new industries such as aviation and electronics grew.

Many babies were born, (the baby boom), all across Europe and America so this helped them with the population of people and economy because eventually all of those people would go get jobs.

After WWII, the UN worked to keep peace within nations.

The economy was booming after the war because many companies had just started up again and people had a high demand for them. Also, there was long post-war peace because the United Nations was created, which was all about peace between countries that were allies.

In Germany, American occupation officials, with the aid of the German economist Ludwig Erhard, issued a new, stable currency and ended controls on the market in 1948. Almost immediately, the economy began to recover. In fact, across Western Europe economic recovery was swift and dramatic. By 1952, production levels in the region exceeded pre-war levels. In such an environment, extremist parties had little to latch on to. Even as increasing tax rates and economic regulation in later decades hindered Europe’s growth and job creation, trade barriers in Europe continued to fall, ensuring that the economic disasters of the 1920s and 1930s were not repeated. As predicted, the unprecendented prosperity made possible by means of peaceful exchange made policies of militarist expansion unattractive.

The "baby boom" was right after, over 70 million babies were born and because of this it was a long economic trouble time.