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Review Game #1

Match the terms and definitions.

Terms:

  1. Baby boom
  2. Interstate Highway Act
  3. Television
  4. Per capita income
  5. polio

Definitions:

  • The average income per person, increased from $1,526 to $2,788
  • Provided money to build interstates
  • Population expansion that took place between the years 1946 and 1964
  • Americans fell in love with this new technology and by 1953, 2/3 of all American families owned one
  • Advances in medicine included a vaccine for this disease developed by Dr. Jonas Salk

Answers:

  1. Baby boom: Population expansion that took place between the years 1946 and 1964
  2. Interstate Highway Act: Provided money to build interstates
  3. Television: Americans fell in love with this new technology and by 1953, 2/3 of all American families owned one
  4. Per capita income: The average income per person, increased from $1,526 to $2,788
  5. polio: Advances in medicine included a vaccine for this disease developed by Dr. Jonas Salk

 

 

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