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APUSH CH.37
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History
11th Grade
03/25/2011

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Term
during the 1930's umemployment and insecurity pushed up...
Definition

suicide rate/ decreased marrige rate

-pop growth down

-inflation

Term
1947 taft hartley act did?
Definition

made unions responsible for the damages that their disputes caused and made union leaders take noncommuntist oath

-slowed growth of organized labor

Term
operation dixie
???
Definition

aimed at unionizing southern textiles and steelworkers

-failed due to lingering racist feelings

Term
Employment act of 1946??
Definition

to promote max empolyment

-created a 3-member council of economic advisers (to give pres with advice to help promote max employment)

Term
serviceman's readjustment act
(GI bill)
Definition
-helped former soldiers go back to school
Term
1950's the economy??
Definition
had a 20 year long period of prosperity
-women were a major part of the new work force
Term
1950's military budget helped
Definition
jumpstart aerospace, plastic. and electronics industires
Term
The "Sunbelt"
Definition
a 15-state area stretching from Virginia through Florida and Texas to Arizona and California,
Term
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Veterans Administration (VA)
Definition
home-loan guarantees, making it more economically attractive to own a home in the suburbs rather than to rent an apartment in the city.
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In the decade and a half after 1945
Definition
the birth rate in the United States exploded as the "baby boom" took place.
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