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UShist 9.3
Quiz practice
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Billy Graham | Popular evangelist in the 1950s |
| Baby Boom | sharp increase in the fertility rate in post-war America |
| suburbia | growth of communities outside the cities |
| sunbelt | growth in population in the South and Southwest |
| GI bill | major factor contributing to the economic boom after WWII |
| conformity | beatnik authors criticized culture in the 50s for forcing this: |
| termination policy | Federal government sought to bring an end to Indian reservations |
| debates | For the first time on television, these were a major factor in the outcome of the presidential election of 1960: |
| consumerism | Americans had more money to spend and more products available to buy |
| rebellion | In the 1950s, the beatnik movement and rock-n-roll were examples of: |