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24 Cards in this Set
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demobilization
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sending home members of the army
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GI Bill of Rights
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eased the return of World War II veterans by providing education and employment aid
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baby boom
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increase in births between 1945 and 1964
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productivity
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the rate at which goods are produced or services performed
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Taft-Hartley Act
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a law that restricted the power of labor unions; outlawed the closed shop, a workplace in which only union members can be hired
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Fair Deal
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President Truman’s program to expand New Deal reforms
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Interstate Highway Act
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1956 law that authorized the spending of $32 billion to build 41,000 miles of highway
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Sunbelt
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name given to the region of states in the South and the Southwest
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service sector
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businesses that provide services rather than manufactured goods
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information industry
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businesses that provide informational services
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franchise business
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to allow a company to distribute its products or services through retail outlets owned by independent operators
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multinational corporation
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companies that produce and sell their goods and services all over the world
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AFL-CIO
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in 1955, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) labor unions united
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California Master Plan
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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
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consumerism
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large-scale buying, much of it on credit
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median family income
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measure of average family income
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nuclear family
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ideal or typical household with a father, mother, and children
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Benjamin Spock
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influential author of 1946 Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
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rock-and-roll
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music originated in the gospel and blues traditions of African Americans
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Elvis Presley
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iconic American singer whose success sparked the popularity of rock-and-roll music in the 1950s
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beatniks
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small group of writers and artists, in the 1950s and early 1960s, who were critical of American society
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inner city
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the older, central part of a city with crowded neighborhoods in which low-income, usually minority, groups live
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urban renewal
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government programs for redevelopment of urban areas
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termination policy
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ended all programs monitored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; ended federal responsibility for the health and welfare of Native Americans
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