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17 1950s
US History
| Questions | Answer |
|---|---|
| sending home members of the army - downsizing the military after war | demobilization |
| legislation aimed at easing the return of World War II veterans by providing education and employment aid. | GI Bill of Rights/Serviceman's Readjustment Act |
| the large increase in births between 1945 and 1964 | baby boom |
| also called the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 – it was created to restrict the power of labor unions | Taft-Hartley Act |
| limited the president to two terms in office | 22nd Amendment |
| Truman’s legislative program aimed at strengthening New Deal programs and establishing new ones. Failed to receive Congressional support. | Fair Deal |
| 1956 law that authorized the spending of $32 billion to build 41,000 miles of highway | National Interstate and Defense Highway Act |
| the name given to the region of states in the South and the Southwest that saw a growth in population after WWII | Sunbelt |
| businesses that provide services rather than manufactured goods | Service Sector |
| businesses that provide informational services | Information Industries |
| corporations that allow a company to distribute its products or services through retail outlets owned by independent operators. It gave customers consistency when traveling. | Franchise businesses |
| companies that produce and sell their goods and services all over the world | Multinational corporations |
| in 1955, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organization labor unions united | AFL-CIO |
| 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 | California Plan |
| large-scale buying, much of it on credit during the 1920s and 1950s. Americans began to focus on what they could buy instead of how much money they could save. | consumerism |
| measure of average family income . This increased during the 1950s due to greater educational opportunities, growth of "white collar" jobs, and more women moving into the work force (despite pressure from society) | median family income |
| ideal or typical household with a father, mother, and children | nuclear family |
| influential author of 1946 Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care | Benjamin Spock |
| music originated in the gospel and blues traditions of African Americans | rock-n-roll |
| iconic American singer whose success sparked the popularity of rock-and-roll music in the 1950s | Elvis Presley |
| small group of writers and artists, in the 1950s and early 1960s, who were critical of American society | Beatniks |
| the older, central part of a city with crowded neighborhoods in which low-income, usually minority, groups live | inner city |
| government programs for redevelopment of urban areas | urban renewal |
| ended all programs monitored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; ended federal responsibility for the health and welfare of Native Americans | termination policy |
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