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Title: By the end of WWII until today, different


1
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.

6
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

7
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
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