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chapter 17
chapter 17 vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1) Demobilization | is the process of standing down a nation's armed forces from combat-ready status. |
| 2) GI bill of Rights | a law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. |
| 3) Baby Boom | a temporary marked increase in the birth rate especially after ww2 |
| 4) Productivity | the state or quality of producing something like crops |
| 5) Taft-Hartley Act | major law concerning labor, passed by Congress in 1947 |
| 6) Fair Deal | term given to an ambitious set of proposals put forward by United States President Harry S. Truman |
| 7) Interstate Highway act | popularly known as the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act was enacted on June 29, 1956 |
| 8) Sunbelt | a strip of territory receiving a high amount of sunshine |
| 9) Service sector | one of the three parts of the economy in the Three-sector hypothesis. This hypothesis breaks the economy into three main areas so it can be better understood. |
| 10) information industry | industries are industries that are information intensive in one way or the other |
| 11) franchise business | authorization granted by a government or company to an individual or group enabling them to carry out specified commercial |
| 12) Multinational corporation | is a business organization whose activities are located in more than two countries and is the organizational form that defines foreign direct investment. |
| 13) AFLO-CIO | American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations is a national trade union center |
| 14) California Master Plan | the California State system, in addition to awarding master's degrees, would be able to award joint doctorates with the UC |
| 15) Consumerism | the protection or promotion of the interests of consumers. |
| 16) Median family income | Median income is the amount that divides the income distribution into two equal groups, half having income above that amount, and half having income below that amount. |
| 17) Nuclear family | a couple and their dependent children, regarded as a basic social unit. |
| 18) Rock and Roll | 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 termination of these tribes ended federal government relations with and recognition of those tribal governments and ended federal recognition of tribal jurisdiction over their land |
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