| Term | Definition |
|---|
| inflation | a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money |
| baby boom | large increase in the birthrate from the late 1940s through the early 1960s |
| productivity | average output per worker |
| standard of living | index based on the amount of goods, services, and leisure time people have |
| suburb | residential area on the outskirts of a city |
| beatnik | 1950s person who criticized American culture for conformity and devotion to business |
| segregation | legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences |
| integration | mixing of different racial or ethnic groups |
| civil rights movement | the efforts of African Americans to win equal rights |
| boycott | to refuse to buy or use certain goods or services |
| civil disobedience | idea that people have a right to disobey laws they consider to be unjust, if their consciences demand it |
| counterculture movement | protest movement in the 1960s that rejected traditional American values and culture |
| stagflation | combination of rising prices, high unemployment, and slow economic growth |
| sit-in | form of protest in which people sit and refuse to leave |
| affirmative action | program to provide more job and education opportunities for people who faced discrimination in the past |
| migrant worker | person who moves from one region to another in search of work |
| bilingual | in two languages |
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