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1950's and 1960's
Chapter 28 and 29
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops | Demobilization |
| An increase in population by almost 30 million people. This spurred a growth in suburbs and three to four children families. | baby boom |
| the sector of the economy that provides services-such as health care, banking, and education-in contrast to the sector that produces goods | service sector |
| A wall separating East and West Berlin built by Communist controlled East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West | Berlin Wall |
| Volunteers who help third world nations and prevent the spread of communism by getting rid of poverty, Africa, Asia, and Latin America | Peace Corps |
| 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became first people to walk on the moon | Apollo 11 |
| small group of writers and artists criticized what they saw as the growing materialm of american society and its lack of individuality | beatniks |
| wealth, riches, prosperity; great abudance, plenty | affluence |
| Truman's extension of the New Deal that increased min wage, expanded Social Security, and constructed low-income housing | Fair Deal |
| Large-scale buying, much of it on credit. | Consumerism |
| strategies to prevent the spread of communism abroad | Containment Policy |
| Seized by the European powers that began a massive infusion of American aid to rebuild Europe after WWII. | Marshal Plan |
| ntergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European states | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missiles, during Kennedy's Presidency | Cuban Missle Crisis |
| world where poverty would no longer exist, as said by FDR | Great Society |
| compulsory hospital insurance system | medicare |
| the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries | detente |
| a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. | Bay of Pigs |
| Volunteers who help third world nations and prevent the spread of communism by getting rid of poverty, Africa, Asia, and Latin America | Peace Corps |
| Young Americans in 60s who rejected conventional customs & mainstream culture | Counterculture |
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