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12 Cards in this Set
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Fair Deal
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Truman's policies to extend the New Deal
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Truman's program
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Affluence
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wealth
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lot of money
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Levittown
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* built 17,000 homes in Long Island, New Jersey & Pennsylvania
* 1st suburb |
suburb
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Babyboom
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* Increase in birthrate from late 1940s - 1950s
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* lot of babies
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Suburb
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Communities outside the city
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housing development
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Suburb
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Communities outside the city
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housing development
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Beatnik
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one who criticizes American culture for its conformity & devotion to business in 1950s
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American Devotion to business
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G.I. Bill of Rights
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Gov't provided billions of dollars to help vets with the expenses of school, farms and business
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Gov't giving lotst of $$$
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Sunbelt
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FL to CA
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sunny states
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Inflation
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rise in prices & decrease in $
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prices go up & dollar is down
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Interstate Highway
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* federal aid highway act in 1956
* connect roadways to increase productivity |
highways
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Standard of Living
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an index based upon the amount of goods, sevices, education, and leisure time that people have
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$ and how you live life
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