Came of age during the Great Depression and World War II- defining events
Beneficiaries for new playgrounds
Scouting clubs
Vitamins
Child labor restrictions - prohibit child employment under the age of 14
Roaring 20's - economic boom
National debt shrank from $24 billion to $16 billion during the 20's
Taxes were reduced
Sharpest rise in schooling ever recorded
More teenagers in school than out of school
Raised as increasingly protected youth
Formality - wear suits and ties everywhere
Uniformity - it is good and normal for everyone to agree, work the same and look the same
Cooperative - put trust in government, authority and community; civic-minded
Winners and achievers
Leaders put public interest over personal gain
Generation that gave rise to the comic strip Superman
First teenagers - coined the phrase
First boy scouts and girl guides
First astronauts
First legendary movie stars - Charlie Chaplin
First political leaders - J. F. K.
