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Mr.K History 10
Unit 3 vocab
Question | Answer |
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Baby Boom | The sharp increase in the U.S. birthrate following WWII |
Beat Movement | Social and artistic movement of the 1950's, stressing unrestrained literary self-expression and nonconformity with the mainstream culture |
Bracero | A Mexican laborer allowed to enter the U.S. for a limited period of time during WWII |
Conglomerate | Major corporation that owns a number of smaller companies in unrelated businesses |
Consumerism | preoccupation with the purchasing of material goods |
Contrast | to examine and note the differences between two things |
Describe | to convey an idea or impression through characteristics or appearance |
Dixiecrat | Southern delegates who, to protest Pres. Truman's civil rights policy, walked out of the 1948 Democrat Convention and formed the States' Rights Democratic Party |
Fair Deal | Pres. Truman's economic program that included measures to increase the minimum wage, extend social security coverage, and to provide housing for low-income families |
FCC | Agency that regulates U.S. communications industries, including radio and television broadcasting. |
Franchise | business that has bought the right to use a parent company's name and methods, thus becoming one of a number of similar businesses in various locations |
GI Bill | 1944 law that provided financial and educational benefits for veterans |
Mass Media | the means of communication such as t.v., newspapers, and radio that reach large audiences |
Planned Obsolescence | the designing of products to wear out or to become outdated quickly, so that people will feel a need to replace their possessions frequently |
Termination Policy | government's plan in 1953 to give up responsibility for Native American tribes by elimination federal economic support, discontinuing the reservation system, and redistributing tribal lands |
Urban Renewal | the tearing down and replacing of buildings in rundown inner-city neighborhoods |