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chapter 17 vocab

chapter 17 vocab ( 24 words)

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1. demobilization (demobilize) release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
2. GI Bill of Rights 1944, P.L. 78-346, 58 Stat. 284m) was an omnibus bill that provided college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans (commonly referred to as G.I.s) as well as one year of unemployment compensation.
3. baby boom increase in birth between 1945 and 1964
4. productivity the rate at which goods are produced or services preformed
5. Taft-Harley Act law that outlawed the closed shop, a workplace in which only union members can be hired
6. Fair deal far- ranging legislative program
7. interstate highway act 1956 law that authorized the spending of $32 billion to build 41,000 miles of highway
8. Sunbelt name given to the region of states in the south and southern-west
9. service sector business that provide services rather than manufactured goods
10. information industry business that provide informational services
11. franchise business allows company to distribute its products or services through retail outlets owned by independent operators
12. multinational corporation companies that produce and sell their goods and services all over the world
13. AFL-CIO organization of the democratic party
14 california master plan called for three tiers of higher education: research universities, state colleges and community college, all of which were to be accessible to all of the state`s citizens
15. consumerism buying as much as they could,
16. median family income average family income,rose from $3,319 to $5,147
17. nuclear family household consisting of a mother and father and their children. as the backbone of the American society
18. Benjamin Spock Arthur of best selling book COMMON SENSE BOOK OF BABY AND CHILD CARE
19. rock-and-roll type of music
20. Elvis Presley creator of rock-and-roll
21. beatnik small group of writers and artist in the 1950s and early1960s who were critical of american society
22. inner city he older, central part of the city with crowded neighborhoods in which low-income usually minority groups live
23. urban renewal government programs for redevelopment of urban areas
24. termination policy ended all programs monitored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; also ended federal responsibility for the health and welfare of indians
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