Answer:
1.5 million
1500
Step-by-step explanation:
The status of families and their standard of living was full of moral sufferings and panics in the nineteenth century America. Violence and neglect in the family was very prevalent. The lack of educational, health and other facilities became the reason of high infant death rates, child neglect and divorce. Because of these reasons, government's involvement in the upliftment of the families saw its emergence. During 1940, when the country was facing Depression, the personal lives of the citizens relatively fell down. People were forced to live in small quarters that preceded with delay in marriages and thereby leading to low childbirth. The married couples were not allowed to live together because of which they had to stay apart.