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Social Changes 1
Definition | Term |
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the idea that individuals who consume and buy goods and services in large quantities will be better off | Consumerism |
More and more Americans moved to suburbs after WWII | Suburbanization |
Also known as Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944; gave benefits to Veterans | The G.I. Bill of Rights |
the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II | Baby Boom |
a tool that lets you borrow money up to a certain limit, with the understanding you'll pay it back | credit card |
law that created miles and miles of highway to connect cities to one another | Interstate Highway Act |
cultural products such as music, art, literature, fashion, and entertainment that are consumed by the majority of a society's population | Pop Culture |
Built new communities in the suburbs after WWII, using mass-production techniques | William Levitt |
President 1933-1945; signed the G.I. Bill into law | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
President 1953-1961; signed the Interstate Highway Act | Dwight D. Eisenhower |