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| GI Bill of Rights | A name given to the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, a 1944 law that provided financial and educational benefits for World War II veterans. |
| Suburb | A reidental town or community near a city. |
| Harry S. Truman | Franklin D. Roosevelt's vice president who assumed the role of president at the time of Franklin's death. |
| Dixiecrat | One of the Southern delegates who, to protest President Truman's civil rights policy, walked out of the 1948 Democratic National Convention and formed the State's Rights Democratic party. |
| Fair Deal | President Harry S. Truman's economic program--an extension of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal--which included measures to increase the minimum wage, to extend social security coverage, and to provide housing for low-income families. |
| Conglomerate | A major corperation that owns a number of smaller companies in unrelated businesses. |
| Franchise | A business that has bought the right to use a parent company's name and methods, thus becoming one of a number of similar businesses in various locations. |
| Baby boom | The sharp increase in the U.S. birthrate following World War II. |
| Dr. Jonas Salk | A doctor who developed a vaccine for the crippling disease poliomyelitis. |
| Consumerism | A preoccupation with the purchasing of material goods. |
| Planned obsolescence | The designing of products to wear out or to become outdated quickly, so that people will feel the need to replace their posessions frequently. |
