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Chapter 17
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |