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Civil rights |
Citizens personal liberties guaranteed by laws such as voting rights and equal treatment |
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Reconversion |
Social and economic transition from wartime to peacetimd |
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Rock and roll |
Popular music from the 1950s from the rhythm and blues |
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NASA |
created in 1958 by the U.S. Govt as an independent agency for space exploration |
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Modern republicanism |
Conservative when it comes to money but liberal when it comes to human beings |
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Taft Hartley act |
Law passed by congress that allowed the president to declare an 80 day period when impacted interest. Requires strikers to work |
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GI Bill of rights |
Law in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for colleges |
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Transistor |
Tiny circuit device invented in 1947 that amplifies controls and generates electrical signals |
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Franchise |
Business that contracts with a large parent company to offer certain goods and servies |
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Per capita income |
Average annual income per person |