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Beatnik |
Small group of writers and artists that refused to conform to accepted ways of dressing, thinking, and acting |
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Why did many intellectuals and artists criticize American culture during the 1950s? |
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Affluence |
Abundance or riches; wealth |
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Inner city |
Older, central part of a city with crowded neighborhoods in which low-income, usually minority groups live |
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Trend |
General or prevailing course, as of events, a discussion, etc |
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Urban Renewal |
Projects in which the government cleared large tracts of older housing and built freeways and developments which, it was hoped, would revitalize downtown areas |
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How did the federal government respond to the decline of American cities? |
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Termination policy |
Law that sought to end tribal government and to relocate Native Americans to the nation's cities |
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What were some of the problems that minorities had to overcome in the postwar era? |
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