THE MODERN ERA

THE MODERN ERA•Technology Revolution•Globalization•Representative Citizens

The Technology Revolution

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After the Cold War, Americans turned their energies to the development of peacetime

technologies.

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The development of new technologies caused great

changes in American life.

Today’s assembly line

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Airline Industry

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Airline Industry – Jet Engines

The introduction of the jet engine led to increased domestic and international travel for business and pleasure

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Automobile Industry

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Automobile Industry

The expansion of the interstate highway system led to a wider use and greater production of automobiles

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Entertainment and News Media Industry

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Entertainment and News Media Industry

The growth of the entertainment and news media industry led to the use of CD, VCR, DVD and now Blu-Ray in most households, as well as greater access to news and other information.80s Tech DVD

Entertainment and News Media Industry

The growth of the entertainment and news media industry also led to nationwide access to radio and television programming. The resulted in decreased regional variation.

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Computer Industry and Internet

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Computer Industry

The computer industry led to greater access to news and other information with the Internet as well as cheaper and more convenient forms of communication.

Satellite System -Telecommunications

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Satellite Systems - Telecommunications

Satellite systems allowed for the widespread use of pagers, cell phones, television and global positioning instruments.

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Space Industry

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Space Industry

The United States continued to expand NASA and American Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon.

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Space shuttle accidents…

1986 - The 7 astronauts that died in the space shuttle called the Challenger

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…and international space stations.

The first crew lived in the International Space Station for 4 months.

…we have future goals to explore Mars.

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Heating and Air-Conditioning

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Heating and Air-Conditioning

Comfortable living and working conditions in all parts of the country led to population growth in certain areas of the country (such as the “Sun Belt”).

So what? What is important to

understand about this?

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After the Cold War, Americans turned their energies to the development of peacetime

technologies.

Discussion Questions

1. Which industries benefited the most from the new

technologies?2. What impact did the new

technologies have on American life?

How much do you

remember?

1. The automobile industry in the 1950s continued to grow. More

and more people owned a vehicle and traveled more

often. Why?a. The new highway system granted less

access to parts of the country.b. Highway tolls, which were on all

interstate highways went up.c. Highway tolls, which were on all

interstate highways decreased.d. The new highway system granted

more access to parts of the country.

2. Which event pushed the United States into an all-out space race

with Russia?

a. Congress created NASA in 1962.b. President Kennedy proclaimed that

the United States would land on the moon by 1970.

c. The Soviet Union sent Sputnik into space.

d. New legislation in 1954 provided funds for manned space flight.

3. Pagers, cell phones, home security systems, and television all have which of the following

in common?

a. They are all dependent on satellites.b. They are all forms of communication.c. Government deregulation has allowed

for monopolies to form in each area.d. Taxation has brought little money

from these industries into the United States Treasury.

4. The correct sequence for the evolution of flight is:

a. gliders, propellers, space flight, jets

b. propellers, gliders, jets, space flight

c. jets, propellers, gliders, space flight

d. gliders, propellers, jets, space flight

5. The industry that is considered to be most

revolutionary is:

a. airline

b. warfare

c. computers

d. entertainment

6. What was one impact of changing technology after

WWII?

a. Americans traveled less often.

b. Population shifted from the Southwest to the Northeast.

c. Regional differences decreased.

d. Airline travel became less affordable.

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Technologies

Globalization

What is ???? LINKGOOD and BAD??? LINK

Globalization is the increasing interconnection of the United States and other countries around the world. It is the linking of nations through:

◦Trade◦Information◦Technologies◦Communication

• It involves the integration of different societies.

• Improvement of all communications (e.g. travel, telecommunications, Internet)

• Availability of a wide variety of foreign-made goods and services

• Outsourcing of jobs

Impact of Globalization on American life:

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FOREIGN POLICY: IMMIGRATION:

1. Increase in terrorist activities

2. Conflicts in the Middle East

3. Changing relationships with other nations

– more open relations with former communist countries

– growing economic strength of Asian countries such as India and China

1. Changing immigration patterns (Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans)

2. More people wanting to immigrate to the U.S. than are allowed by law

Costs and Benefits of Globalization

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT: OTHER ISSUES:

1. Energy issues (dependence on foreign oil)

2. World health issues (global pandemics)

Costs and Benefits of Globalization

1. Policies to protect the environment

2. Global climate change

3. Conservation of water and other natural resources

DILI 9d Emerging Issues

Representative Citizens: Influencing America

Charles Drew• Medicine: plasma (blood)• African American

physician and surgeon• Helped develop blood

banks for WWII• Remember:

– “Charles DREW BLOOD!”

J. Robert Oppenheime

r• Physics (Manhattan

project team)• Early leader in theoretical

physics• Remember:

– “O NO! The atomic bomb!”

William Shockley, John Bardeen & Walter Brattain (Bell Labs

Team)• Won Nobel Prize in Physics

in 1956 for inventing transistors

• Led to computer chip, satellite technology and most modern electronics

• Remember:– “They SHOCKed the tech

world!”

Frank Lloyd Wright• Architecture• Promoted organic architecture

(harmonious integration of building, surrounding, and furnishings)

• Remember: “Build it Wright!”

Ansel Adams• Photographer famous for black-and-

white photos of Yosemite National Park and other places in the American West

• Environmentalist• Remember: “Awesome Art by Ansel

Adams”

Martha Graham

• Choreographer• Pioneer of modern dance• Remember:

– “Marvelous Martha!”

Henry Louis Gates• African American scholar, writer,

educator• Emphasis on black culture

– “Opened the Gates to black culture!”

Maya Angelou

• African American poet, autobiographer

• worked with Martin Luther King, Jr.

• also involved in stage and film

• delivered a poem at Clinton’s 1993 inauguration

• Remember:– “The Angel of Poetry!”

William J. Durant• Wrote a history of Western civilization

with a focus on social and cultural developments and the experiences of “average” people– Traditionally, history focused on important

leaders, politics, and wars.• Remember:

– He wrote DURING history.

Bill Gates• Computer technology

entrepreneur (Chairman of Microsoft)

• Philanthropist• Remember:

– “Opened the GATES to the internet!”

Ray Kroc• Czech-American entrepreneur• Started as Illinois milkshake-machine

salesman• Partnered with McDonald brothers and

eventually bought the rights to their restaurant

• Used Ford’s assembly line techniques to revolutionize fast food

• Remember:– “Franchising? What a KROC!”

Sam Walton• Started as owner of Ben

Franklin stores that beat competition with late hours and low prices, which were made possible by smart deals with his wholesale suppliers

• Opened Wal-Mart chain in 1960s in Arkansas

• Remember: “Wal-Mart; Walton”

DILI 9c Representative Citizens