Strauss and Howe have done the most work on the generations and even though Strauss is dead I feel like we should respect them. So, the right answers:
1860–1882: Missionary Generation
1883-1900: Lost Generation
1901-1924: G.I. Generation
1925-1942: Silent Generation
1943-1960: Baby Boomers
1961-1981: Generation X
1982-2004: Millennial Generation
2005-?: Homeland Generation
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Looks like they don't use a set number of years
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Strauss and Howe emphasize that the precise boundaries of generations and turnings are erratic. The generational rhythm is not like certain simple, inorganic cycles in physics or astronomy, where time and periodicity can be predicted to the second. Instead, it resembles the complex, organic cycles of biology, where basic intervals endure but precise timing is difficult to predict. Strauss and Howe compare the saecular rhythm to the four seasons, which inevitably occur in the same order, but with slightly varying timing. Just as winter may come sooner or later, and be more or less severe in any given year, the same is true of a Fourth Turning in any given saeculum.
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