Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II, aided by the post-World War II economic expansion. The period also saw great population growth with increased birth rates and the emergence of the baby boomer generation.
The 1950s was a decade marked by the post- World War II boom, the dawn of the Cold War and the civil rights movement in the United States.:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/1779952-1950s-timeline-v2-5b902affc9e77c0050ba135c.png)
The 1950s were the first full decade after the end of World War II and is remembered as a prosperous time of recovery from the Great Depression of the 1930s and the war years of the 1940s.