What was the main reason that the birth rate in america declined during the great depression?

a. husbands who were laid-off and couldn't find jobs abandoned their wives.

b. couples decided not to have children until they could had more economic stability.

c. wives had to go out to earn a living and were unable to care for a baby.

d. couples under economic strain were contemplating getting a divorce, not starting a family.

B

Explanation:

The Great Depression was the great stock market crash of 1929. This was also during the dust bowls. Many families died, went bankrupt along with their business. Farmers had no one to sell things to so crops went to waste. No one was thinking about building a family at the time.

the progressive era is a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the united states that spanned from the 1890s to the 1920s.[1] the main objectives of the progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political corruption.

the movement primarily targeted political machines and their bosses. by taking down these corrupt representatives in office, a further means of direct democracy would be established. they also sought regulation of monopolies (trust busting) and corporations through antitrust laws, which were seen as a way to promote equal competition for the advantage of legitimate competitors.

many progressives supported prohibition of alcoholic beverages, ostensibly to destroy the political power of local bosses based in saloons, but others out of a religious motivation. at the same time, women's suffrage was promoted to bring a "purer" female vote into the arena.a third theme was building an efficiency movement in every sector that could identify old ways that needed modernizing, and bring to bear scientific, medical and engineering solutions; a key part of the efficiency movement was scientific management, or "taylorism".

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