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AH M6L2 Key Terms
American History Module 6 Lesson 2 Key Terms
Term | Definition |
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GI Bill of Rights | Bill providing a variety of veteran benefits, most notably, tuition assistance to return to college. |
Baby Boom | Population spike just after the end of WW2 as veterans married and started families. |
Taft Hartley Act | Law forbidding companies from only hiring union workers. |
Interstate Highway Act | US legislation that authorized the building of thousands of miles of interstate. |
Sunbelt | Name given to Southern and Western states, referring to the population shift of the 1950s to this area. |
Service Sector | Businesses that provide a service; referring to American shift from blue collar to white collar jobs. |
Consumerism | Act of buying as much as possible, much of it on credit. |
Elvis Presley | Known as the “King” of rock and roll; ushered in a new era of music. |
Benjamin Spock | Child rearing expert focused on helping parents nurture their young children. |
Beatnik | Small group of writers and artists that were very vocal in their criticism of American consumerism and way of life. |