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Contemporary Immigration and the Technology
Revolution
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How has rising immigration changed contemporary
America?

• Has increased American diversity
• Has redefined American identity

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From what two regions of the world have most
recent immigrants come?

• Asia
• Latin America

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What have been two reasons for immigration in
recent decades?

• Political freedom
• Economic opportunity

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Give two examples of contemporary immigrants who
have come to the U.S. for both political freedom
and economic opportunity.

• Cubans
• South Vietnamese

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Why have most Mexicans and other Latin Americans
immigrated to the United States?

• Economic opportunity

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What are six issues related to American
immigration policy?
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• Strain on government services
• Filling low-paying jobs in the United States
• Border issues
• Pathway to citizenship
• Bilingual education
• Increasing cultural diversity

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Why has recent immigration placed a strain on
government services?

• State governments must permit the children of
  illegal immigrants to attend public schools.

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What types of jobs have contemporary immigrants
often filled?

• Low-paying jobs that native born Americans do not
  want to do

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Historically, where have many Mexican immigrants
worked?

• On American farms harvesting crops by hand

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What are three low-paying jobs that Latino
immigrants often do?

• Farm work
• Construction
• Landscape crews

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What has become a major issue in states that
border Mexico?

• Border issues

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Where has policing the borders to prevent illegal
immigrants from crossing into the United States
become an expensive function of local governments?
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• Southwestern states like
• Arizona
• New Mexico
• Texas

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For whom has the pathway to citizenship become a
chief concern?

• Illegal immigrants who want to stay in the United
  States
• Native born Americans who fear that immigrants
  will take their jobs

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Where has bilingual education become a major
issue?

• States with large Hispanic populations

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Why has bilingual education become controversial?

• Bilingual teachers are expensive.
• Some Americans are afraid immigrant children will
  not learn English, if they have bilingual
  education.

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Give two examples of greater awareness of
increasing cultural diversity in the United
States.
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• Signs in Spanish on city highways and in public
  places
• Demands by Latino communities for greater
  recognition and respect

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Name three contributions of contemporary
immigrants.

• Diversity in food, music, the visual arts, and
  literature
• Roles in the labor force
• Achievements in science, engineering, and other
  fields

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Give proof that recent immigrants have added to
the diversity of American music.

• Seven Grammy Awards for Latin music
• One Grammy for reggae music

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What has been the impact of dramatic advances in
technology?

• They have affected life in America in many
  significant areas.

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What program was a triumph of American
technological prowess or ability?

• The American space program

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What can make communication and information more
accessible or easier to get?

• Technology

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What president pledged increased support for the
space program in the early sixties?

• John F. Kennedy

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What space race continued through the sixties?

• The race to the moon

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What astronaut was the first American to orbit
the earth?

• John Glenn

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Who was the first person to step on the moons
surface?

• Neil Armstrong

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Who said, Thats one small step for a man one
giant leap for mankind?

• Neil Armstrong

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Who was the first female astronaut in the United
States and the first American woman in space?

• Sally Ride

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What are two results of improved technology and
media over the past three decades?
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• Businesses and individuals in both urban and
  rural areas have better access to communication
  and information.
• Many more Americans have access to global
  information and viewpoints.

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What are three examples of recent technological
advances?

• Space exploration
• Communications
• Robotics

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What is robotics?

• The technology connected with using
  computer-controlled robots to perform tasks

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What are four technological advances related to
space exploration?

• Space shuttle
• Mars rover
• Voyager missions
• Hubble telescope

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What government agency is NASA?

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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For what purpose did NASA develop the space
shuttle program?

• For manned missions into space

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What did the Mars rover do?

• Robotic exploration of the planet Mars

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What was the purpose of the Voyager missions?

• Unmanned exploration to the outer planets

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How has the Hubble telescope been important?

• Hubble imagery has rewritten astronomy textbooks

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What are three examples of technological advances
in communications?

• Satellites
• The Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Personal communication devices

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What recent technological advances have given
more Americans access to global information and
brought changes in work, school, and health care?
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• 1) Cable Television (24 hr. news channels)
• 2) Personal Computers
• 3) Cellular Telephones
• 4) World Wide Web

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Give three examples of technological advances in
personal communication devices?

• Cell phones
• The iPhone
• The iPad

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How have advances in technology in recent decades
led to changes in work, school, and health care?
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• Telecommuting
• On-line course work
• Growth of service industries
• Breakthroughs in medical research
• Outsourcing and offshoring

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What recent technology has allowed workers to do
their jobs from home?

• Telecommuting through the Internet

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What recent technology has opened up educational
possibilities through distance learning?

• The Internet

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What industries have grown because of rapid
change in the technology field?

• The service industries

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What types of jobs in the service industries were
created by technological advances?
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• Computer technicians
• On-line retail sales
• Customer service
• On-line business transactions

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How has technology in the 2nd half of the 20th
century affected medical research?

• Important breakthroughs in medical research

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Give examples of breakthroughs in medical
research that have resulted from advances in
technology.
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• Improved medical diagnostic and imaging
  technologies
• Medical robotics

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Give one example of an improvement in medical
diagnostic and imaging technology.

• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

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What is a MRI?

• A noninvasive medical test that helps physicians
  diagnose and treat medical conditions

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In what two ways have advances in technology hurt
the American worker?

• 1) Outsourcing and offshoring
• 2) Robotics

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Explain how outsourcing and offshoring have hurt
the American worker.
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• Modern telecommunications have enabled American
  corporations to hire overseas workers, who work
  for lower wages than Americans.

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How has robotics affected American industry?

• Robots have taken factory jobs from workers.