By the end of WWII until today, different

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Globalization

By the end of WWII until today, different
countries relied on other countries through
trading goods and services, as well as
information, communication and technologies.
2
Impact of Globalization on American Life
Improvement of all communication (internet,
cellphone)
Availability of imported goods and services
Outsourcing jobs
3
Coming of Technology
After the war, Americans turned their attention
in developing useful technologies. Can you think
of any technologies that you think are useful for
you?
4
What industries benefitted from using
technologies?
Airline (jet engines)
Movies and news
Cars and highways
Space exploration
Communications
Computers
Internet
5
Impact of New Technologies on American Life

• Increase air travel
• Easier access to news and entertainment
• Cheaper means of communication
• Better heating and cooling
• Access to information around the world.

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Famous People to Know In the field of science

• Charles Drew Known for plasma
• extraction and blood bank.
• J. Robert Oppenheimer Manhattan
• Project father of atom bomb
• William Shockley, John Bardeen,
• Walter Brattain developed transistors
• and computer chips

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Famous People to Know In the field of Culture

• Frank Lloyd Wright architecture
• Ansell Adams photography
• Martha Graham dance

8
Famous People to Know In the field of Academics

• Henry Louis Gates historian
• Maya Angelou literature
• William J. Durant - historian

9
Famous People to Know In the field of Economics

• Bill Gates computers
• Ray Kroc fast food chain
• Sam Walton retail store

10
Current Issues

• Foreign Policy
• Increase in terrorism
• Conflicts in the Middle East
• Changing relationship with other countries

11
Current Issues

• Immigration -
• Increase in immigration and diversity
• More people wanting to go immigrate to the US
  than are allowed by law

12
Current Issues

• Global Environment -
• Policies to protect the Environment
• Climate Change
• Conservation efforts (water and other natural
  resources)
• World Health Issues
• S.A.R.S.
• AH1N1
• F.M.D
• Mad Cow