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| momentum | a power that something has to keep itself going |
| demography | the study of human populations and their characteristics |
| reapportionment | the changing of the distribution of seats and the size of election districts for a legislature. Seats in the House of Representatives must be reapportioned every ten years based on the results of the census. |
| decennial | lasting for, consisting of, or happening every ten years |
| Sunbelt | the states in the south and southwest |
| SMSA | Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area; a classification developed by the Office of Management and Budget for planning purposes, used to describe a central town and its outlying areas or a group of towns that make up a dense metropolitan area. |
| megalopolis | a number of cities so close together tht they seem to create one giant city |
| GNP | Gross National Product, the total value of all the goods and services produced in a nation during a year |
| per capita | per person |
| doldrums | a state of sluggishness or gloominess |
| affluence | an abundance of material wealth |
| evangelical | referring to Protestant Christians |
| nihilism | the general rejection of established social conventions and beliefs, especially of morality and religion |
| Abstract Expressionism | the style of painting dominant from the late 1940s to the early 1960s, in which no attempt was made to reflect objects realistically, and feeling was expressed through the use of color |
| John Dewey | educational philosopher who believed that children learn by doing; his writings stimulated the "Progressive Education" movement that shaped American schools |
| James B. Conant | wrote The American High School Today in which he proposed a minimum size for high schools, higher standards, and greater emphasis on traditional academic course. |
| Fulton J. Sheen | Catholic priest who had a weekly television show during the 1950s |
| Billy Graham | attracted thousands to his religious meetings and reached millions more by radio and television |
| Norman Vincent Peale | wrote The Power of Positive Thinking |
