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Chapter 17 postwa
Chapter 17
Term | Definition |
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1. Demobilization | Sending home member of the army |
2. GI Bill of rights | Granted veterans benefits |
3. Baby boom | Americans had a lot of babies |
4. Productivity | Goods are produced and services are preformed |
5. Taft-Hartley act | Law that outlawed the closed shop (place union members were hired) |
6. Fair deal | Program to expand new deal reforms |
7. Interstate highway act | Authorized funds to build highways to connect major cities |
8. Sunbelt | Name given to southern states |
9. Service sector | Businesses that provide services rather than goods |
10. Information industry | Businesses that provide informational services |
11. Franchise business | Allows a company's to distribute products through retail outlets owned by independent operators |
12. Multinational corporation | Companies that produced and sold goods all over the world |
13. AFL-CIO | American federation of labor and congress of industrial organization unite |
14. California master plan | Plan for higher education: research universities, state colleges, and community colleges |
15. Consumerism | Buying as much as they could on credit |
16. median family income | Average family income |
17. Nuclear family | Household consisting of a mother, father, and children; the "ideal" family |
18. Rock-and-roll | Type of popular music |
19. Beatnik | Group of writers and artists |
20. Inner city | Older, central part of a city; lower income |
21. Urban renewal | Government projects to help cities |
22. Termination policy | Law to end tribal government and relocate native Americans to cities |