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Match the terms and definitions.

Terms:

  1. Sunbelt states
  2. Levittown
  3. Gl Bill
  4. Suburbs
  5. Penicillin

Definitions:

  • Passed in 1944; provided federal grants for education and also awarded federal loans to vets to purchase new homes, farms, and businesses
  • Residential areas within a city or within close proximity to a city; population growth caused movement to these areas during the 1950s
  • Belt of state stretching from Virginia south through Florida, west to Texas and northwest through California; popular destination in the 1950s
  • Advancements in antibiotics, such as this one that was developed during the war, saved countless lives
  • Community built 10 miles outside of New York was one of the earliest examples of the planned residential communities

Answers:

  1. Sunbelt states: Belt of state stretching from Virginia south through Florida, west to Texas and northwest through California; popular destination in the 1950s
  2. Levittown: Community built 10 miles outside of New York was one of the earliest examples of the planned residential communities
  3. Gl Bill: Passed in 1944; provided federal grants for education and also awarded federal loans to vets to purchase new homes, farms, and businesses
  4. Suburbs: Residential areas within a city or within close proximity to a city; population growth caused movement to these areas during the 1950s
  5. Penicillin: Advancements in antibiotics, such as this one that was developed during the war, saved countless lives

 

 

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