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Chapter 17

TermDefinition
demobilization sending home members of the army.
GI Bill of Rights eased the return of WW2 veterans by providing education and employment aid.
baby boom increase in births between 1945 and 1964.
productivity the rate at which goods are produced or services performed.
Taft-Hartley ACt a law that restricted the power of labor unions.
Fair Deal President Trumans program to expand New Deal reforms.
Interstate Highway Act 1956 law that authorized the spending of 32$ billion to build 41000 miles of highway.
Sunbelt name given to the region of states in the South and the Southwest.
service sector business that provide services rather than manufactured goods.
information industry businesses that provide informational services.
franchise business allows company to distributes products or services through retail outlets owned by independent operators.
multinational corporation companies that produce and sell their goods and services all over the world.
AFL-CIO in 1955, the American Federation of Labor and the congress of Industrial Organization labor unions united.
California Master Plan called for three tiers of higher education.
consumerism large-scale buying, much of it on credit.
median family income measure of average family income.
nuclear family ideal or typical household with a father, mother, and children.
rock-and-roll music originated in the gospel and blues traditions of African Americans.
beatnik small group of writers and artist in the 1950s and early 1960s who were critical of American Society.
inner city central part of the city with crowded neighborhoods with low-income.
urban renewal government programs for redevelopment of urban areas.
termination policy ended all programs monitored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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