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chapter 17 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1.Demobilization | act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops |
| 2.GI Bill of Rights | was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans |
| 3.Baby Boom | a temporary marked increase in the birth rate |
| 4.Productivity | the state or quality of producing something |
| 5.Taft-Hartley Act | It outlawed the closed shop, gave presidential power to delay strikes with a cooling‑off period |
| 6.Fair Deal | fair treatment |
| 7.Service Sector | The tertiary sector of the economy is one of the three economic sectors, the others being the secondary sector and the primary sector. |
| 8.AFL-CIO | works every day to improve the lives of people who wor |
| 9.Interstate Highway Act | was enacted on June 29, 1956, when Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law |
| 10.Sunbelt | a strip of territory receiving a high amount of sunshine |
| 11.Franchise Business | Franchising is the practice of using another firm's successful business model |
| 12.Multinational Corporation | is a corporation that is registered in more than one country or that has operations in more than one country |
| 13.Information Industry | are industries that are information intensive in one way or the other |
| 14.California Master Plan | The California Master Plan for Higher Education of 1960 was developed by a survey team |
| 15.Consumerism | the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers |
| 16.Median Family Income | is commonly used to generate data about geographic areas and divides households into two equal segments |
| 17.Nuclear Family | a couple and their dependent children, regarded as a basic social unit |
| 18.Rock-And-Roll | a type of popular dance music originating in the 1950s, characterized by a heavy beat and simple melodies |
| 19.Beatnik | a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation. |
| 20.Inner City | the area near the center of a city, esp. when associated with social and economic problems. |
| 21.Urban Renewal | the redevelopment of areas within a large city, typically involving the clearance of slums. |
| 22.Termination Policy | The belief was that Native Americans would be better off if assimilated as individuals into mainstream American society |
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