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A Time of Prosperity Chapter 25 Section 2

Key Terms Define: productivity, standard of living, baby boom, inner city

Adjusting to Peacetime GI Bill of Rights: gave veterans money Congress passes Taft-Hartley act that allows the govt to postpone strikes and banned closed shops (only union members can be hired)

Elections Truman wins over Thomas Dewey- 1948 Eisenhower (republican) wins over Adlai Stevenson- 1952 Eisenhower believed the govt should play a smaller role *Called for cutting spending, but not programs helping people *Interstate Highway Act of 1956

A Changing Society Increased productivity Standard of living rose Baby boom People lived longer thanks to new meds *Polio vaccine Increase in purchase of automobiles and televisions *Frozen TV dinners Rock n Roll: Elvis Presley (blend of blues and country)

Signs of Trouble Inner cities became home to the poor City schools declined Growing too fast Section handout

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