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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| GI Bill of Rights | a new name given to the Servicemen's Readjustment Act a 1944 law that provided financial and educational benefits for WW II veterans |
| Suburb | a residential town or community near a city |
| Harry S. Truman | became president after Roosevelt died in 1945 motto - "The Buck Stops Here" Truman faced 2 challenges - 1) dealing with the rising threat of communism 2) restoring the American economy |
| Dixiecrat | one of the Southern delegates who, to protest President Truman's civil rights policy, walked out of the 1948 Democratic National Convention and formed the States' Rights Democratic Party |
| Fair Deal | President Harry S. Truman's economic program - an extension of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal - which included measures to increase the minimum wage, to extend social security coverage, and to provide housing for low-income families |
| Conglomerate | a major corporation that owns a number of smaller companies in unrelated businesses |
| Franchise | a business that has bought the right to use a parent company's name and methods thus becoming one of a number of similar businesses in various loactions |
| Baby Boom | the sharp increase in the U.S. birthrate following the end of WW II |
| Dr. Jonas Salk | |
| Consumerism | a preoccupation with the purchasing of material goods |
| Planned Obsolescence | the designing of products to wear out or to become outdated quickly, so that people will feel a need to replace their possessions frequently |
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