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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Poverty Rate | The percentage of the population living in poverty |
| Urban Renewal | A program that involves clearing slums and replacing them with large, publicly funded housing projects |
| Suburbanization | A population shift from cities to outgoing communities |
| Homogeneity | The state of being the same or similar |
| Subdivisions | A tractor of land that has been divided into smaller lots which houses are built |
| Domesticity | Life inside the home |
| Baby Boom | A significant increase in the birthrate |
| Consumer Society | A society in which shopping and buying goods has become an important part of people's lifestyles |
| Transistor | An electronic device used to control the flow of electric equipment |
| Nuclear Power | Energy that is created by either splitting or fusing the nuclei of atoms |
| Consumerism | A theory stating that the economy flourishes when people buy, or consume, a lot of goods and services |
| Smog | A noxious combination of fog and smoke from factories |
| Nuclear Deterrence | A strategy of using weapons as a threat to ward off an enemy attack |
| Brinkmanship | The practice of pushing a conflict to the edge of violence without getting into war; to gain a favorable outcome |
| Convert Action | An activity preformed secretly to influence that political, economic, or military situation in another country |
| Bulwarks | Something that provides protection or defense |