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US history ch 17
Postwar Confidence and Anxiety
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| demobilization | sending home members |
| GI Bill of Rights | eased the return of World War II veterans by providing education and employment aid |
| baby boom | increase in births between 1945 and 1964 |
| productivity | the rate ar which goods are produced or services performed |
| Taft-Hartley Act | a law that restricted the power of labor unions |
| Fair Deal | President Truman's program to expand New Deal reforms |
| Interstate Highway Act | 1956; law that authorized the spending of $32 billion to build 41,000 miles of highway |
| Sunbelt | name given to the region of states in the South and the Southwest |
| service sector | businesses that provide services rather than manufactured goods |
| information industry | businesses that provide informational services |
| franchise business | allows company to distribute its 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 | united version of AFL and CIO in mid 1930s |
| California Master Plan | called for three tiers of higher education: research universities, state colleges, and community colleges, all of which were to be accessible to all of the state's citizens |
| 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 |
| Benjamin Spock | author of Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care |
| rock-and-roll | music originated in the gospel and blues traditions of African Americans |
| Elvis Presley | integrated African American gospel tunes |
| beatnik | small group of writers and artists in the1950s and early 1960s who were critical of American society |
| inner city | the older, central part of a city with crowded neighborhoods in which low-income, usually minority groups, live |
| urban renewal | government programs for redevelopment of urban areas |
| termination policy | ended all programs monitored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; also ended federal responsibility for the health and welfare of Native Americans |
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