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Chapter 17 Vocab
Chapter 17 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Demobilization | Sending members of the army home. |
| GI Bill of Rights | Provided WW2 veterans with education and employment aid. |
| Baby Boom | Increase in birth (1945-1965). |
| Productivity | The rate @ which goods are produced and services preformed. |
| Taft-Harley Act | Restricts the power of labor unions. |
| Fair Deal | Truman's program to expand New Deal forms. |
| Interstate Highway Act | Authorized the spending of $32 billion to build 41K miles of highway (1956). |
| Sunbelt | Name given to the region of states to the South and Southwest. |
| Service Sector | Business that provides services rather than manufactured goods. |
| Information Industry | Businesses that provides informational services. |
| Franchise Business | Allows company to distribute products/services through reatail outlets owned by independent operators. |
| Multinational Corporation | Companies that produce and sell their goods and services all over the world. |
| AFL-CIO | Unite in 1955 |
| California Master Plan | Offering education to all of the citizens. |
| Consumerism | Large-scale buying on credit. |
| Median Family Income | Measure of average family income. |
| Nuclear Family | Ideal/typical household with a mom, dad, and children. |
| Rock-and-Roll | Music orginated in the gospel blues tradition of African Americans. |
| Beatnik | Small group of writers and artists who were critical of Americam society (1955-1964). |
| Inner City | Old part of the city with crowded neighbors; where low income minorities live. |
| Urban Renewal | Gov't programs for redevelopment of urban areas. |
| Termination Policy | Ended all programs monitored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; ended fed. responsiblity for the health and welfare of Native Americans. |