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20 Cards in this Set
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Baby Boom
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Population growth during the 50s
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New Immigration
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Regional Impact of Immigrants
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Silicon Valley
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growth in technology/ high tech business area
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Urban core
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Middle region, very populated
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Urban renaissance
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Building of cities
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Walmart
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Very famous department store
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Microchips
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Increased computers.
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Green Revolution
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Modified crops-a lot of food
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Human genome
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Map the genetic code
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Credit Card
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New way to buy things.
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Hedge Funds
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Investments to wealthy. Buy their investments and sell them for more
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Derivatives
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A contract that limits your losses, kind of like insurance
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Collateralize debt organization (CDO)
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FOX station
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Famous station on Tv
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DVDs
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New ways to see movies. At home, more money to hollywood instead of movie theatures
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Cassette/CDs
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New way to listen to music.
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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
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allowed large number of immigrants from many religious backgrounds to settle in america
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Religious Division
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Had different thoughts about abortion, gay marriage and nuclear bombs
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Amazon.com
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New website for shopping online
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Narrowcasting
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Targeting a specific group of people
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