Thu Jul 13 14:45:55 2006

American Generations
Term 	Period

Awakening Generation 	1701-1723
First Great Awakening 	1730-1740

Liberty Generation 1724-1741
Republican Generation 1742-1766
Compromise Generation 	1767-1791
Second Great Awakening 	1790-1840

Transcendentalist Generation 1789-1819
Transcendental Generation 1792-1821
Abolitionist Generation 1819-1842
Gilded Generation 1822-1842
Progressive Generation 	1843-1859

Third Great Awakening aka Missionary Awakening 1886-1908

Missionary Generation 1860-1882
Lost Generation 1883-1900
Interbellum Generation 1900-1910
G.I. Generation 1900-1924
Greatest Generation 	1911-1924

Jazz Age aka American High 1929-1956

Silent Generation 1925-1945
Baby Boomers 1946-1964
Beat Generation 1948-1962
Generation Jones 	1954-1965

Consciousness Revolution 	1964-1984
Baby Busters 1958-1968
Generation X 1961-1981
MTV Generation 1975-1985
Culture Wars 	1984-2005
Boomerang Generation 1981-1986
Generation Y 1977-2003
Internet generation 1986-1999
New Silent Generation 	2001-

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