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chp 17 gs us vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. demobilization | sending soldiers home from the army |
| 2. GI Bill of Rights | this granted veterans many benefits |
| 3. baby boom | were married couples started having families |
| 4. productivity | the rate at which goods are produced |
| 5. Taft-Hartley Act | this outlawed the closed shop(a place where union members were hired) |
| 6. Fair Deal | Truman's far-ranging legislative program;this strengthened existing New Deal reforms |
| 7. Interstate Highway Act | this authorized funds to build 41,000 miles of highway consisting of multilane expressways that would connect the nation's major cities. (interstates) |
| 8. Sunbelt | southern and western states (migration) |
| 9. service sector | businesses that provided services like healthcare, law, retail, banking, or insureance. |
| 10. information industries | people who built or operated the first computers |
| 11. franchise businesses | this allows a company to distribute its products or services through retail outlets owned by independent operators. |
| 12. multinational corporations | companies that produce and sell goods and services all over the world and established branches abroad. |
| 13. AFL-CIO | this organization dealt with a political clout (mostly in the democratic part) ((this organization split then rejoined after the war) |
| 14. California Master Plan | three tiers of higher education (research universities, state colleges, and community colleges) |
| 15. consumerism | buying as much as you can (especially on credit) |
| 16. median family income | average family income (rose from $3,319 to $5,417) |
| 17. nuclear family | a household consisting of a mother and father and their children |
| 18. Benjamin Spock | wrote the best selling book of this era. (Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care)people bought his book for advice on how to raise their children |
| 19. rock-and-roll | used to be called "race" was played on the radio (due to Alan Freed) |
| 20. Elvis Presley | king of rock. integrated african american gospel tunes into his music |
| 21. beatnik | a small group of writes and artists |
| 22. inner city | where crime increased and middle class people moved to the suburbs |
| 23. urban renewal | where the government removed old houses and buildings and built freeways and developments in hope of reviving the downtown area |
| 24. termination policy | this was a major change in the rules governing Native Americans |
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