American Abundance:
	The Spread of Wealth - tripling of American income as a whole through the 1940's and 50's (40'-55')
	White-collar - jobs more office involved rather than physical labor like. Management type.
	Blue-collar - jobs that majority of people had before this time period. factory/physical labor jobs.
	Multinational Corporations - Companies that moved overseas to become closed to needed raw materials and cut costs on labor.
	Franchises - stored people owned or operated that were part of a chain of stores, they usually all conformed to a certain setup/style.
	Organization Man - refers to people becoming less self-directed individuals, and starting to conform to corporate businesses.
	Consumerism - People beginning to spend more due to more income and cheaper housing, starting to own luxury items.
The 1950's Family
	Baby Boom - high rate of birth after WWII. Baby born every 7 seconds. Caused by a delay of marriages between the WW's.
	GI Benefits - loans to veterans to start businesses or goto school.
	Home Makers - wives that stayed home and made happy homes. (cook, clean)
Technological Breakthroughs
	Transistor - 1947, invented after WWII, can generate electrical signals and makes miniature radios and calculators possible.
	ENIAC - 1946, U.S. Army developed nations first computer. (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer).
	UNIVAC - 1953, (Universal Automatic Computer)
	Polio Vaccine - Injectable to prevent polio, made by Jonas Salk.
Poverty
	Poverty Line - to be below the poverty line puts you in the poorest class in the nation.
	Urban Renewal - helped reduce poverty, destroyed poverty communities and rebuilt decent housing.
	Bracero Program - gave Mexicans jobs.
	Termination Policy - Native Americans rights to be "Normal" American citizens.
	Appalachia - considered one of the poorest communities located in the mountains; people barely had enough food and other supplies to survive, people were forced to move to more prosperous communities.
	Juvenile Deliquency - children of a young age doing criminal things such as theft and murder.
	1,000,000 Deliquents - popular book in 1945 that calculated the number of young deliquents in the following year.
	Sputnik - satellite launched by the Soviet Union, U.S. decided to incread math + science education which effects nations younger people.