1. Globalization
• The linking of nations
through trade,
information,
technologies, and
communication.
• This often involves
increased integration
of different societies.
2. Interdependence
• Relying on or
requiring a person
or thing for
support, supply, or
what is needed.
• Ex: Technology has given us
dependable communication
links and the greater ability
to trade with our global
partners.
3. Outsourcing
• For the United States,
doing this to American
jobs has sometimes
harmed sectors of the U.S.
economy.
• Other countries with
lower standards of living
and lower salary levels
are gaining wealth while
jobs in the U.S. are lost to
outside nations.
4.
Telecommunications
• New technologies in
the area of
communication
have dramatically
affected American
life. The use of
pagers, cell phones,
and television are all
forms of this.
5. Industry
• Many different types of
these have benefited
from new technologies.
• For example, all of
these sectors of the
economy have
dramatically changed
American life.
• Ex: Airline Industry.
6. Segregation
• The practice or
policy of keeping
people of different
races, religions, or
genders separate
from each other.
• Ex: “Jim Crow”
laws.
7. Civil Rights Movement
• This undertaking of
like-minded
individuals resulted
in legislation that
ensured
constitutional
rights to all citizens
regardless of race.
8. National Organization
for Women (NOW)
• In 1966 this group of
women got together and
fought for discrimination in
hiring practices, pay
inequality, and domestic
violence against women, as
well as, getting women into
elected office in order to
gain a voice in government.
9. Equal Rights Amendment
• This amendment was
passed by both federal
houses of Congress. On
March 22, 1972, this
proposed 27th
amendment to the
Constitution was sent to
the states to be ratified.,
but this resolution
NEVER became law.
10. Plessy v. Ferguson
This Supreme Court decision
made segregation of
blacks and whites legal in
America.
• It stated that “separate, but
equal” facilities could be
maintained for black and
white Americans. However,
many public facilities were
far from “equal.”
11. Brown v. Board of Education
(of Topeka Kansas)
This major Supreme
Court decision
that ruled that
children of all
races should be
allowed to go to
school together.
12. Freedom Riders
This was a movement of
people from all
backgrounds and races
who came from around
the country and boarded
“integrated” busses to
help with the fight
against discrimination
and segregation in the
South.
13. National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)
Whenever something unfair
happened, this AfricanAmerican based organization
made sure the world found
out. They hired lawyers to
fight inequalities using the
court system and existing laws
to fight for equal treatment of
African-Americans.
14. Civil Rights Act of
1964
This federal law
outlawed unequal
voter registration
requirements
nationwide and racial
segregation in
schools, at work, and
in facilities that served
the general public.
15. Voting Rights Act of
1965
President Lyndon Johnson signed the
Voting Rights Act into law in 1965.
Southern states tried to fight
African-American voter
registration with literacy
tests and poll taxes.
With this law, no longer
would an AfricanAmerican be denied the
right to vote based on a
so-called “literacy test.”
This law made those tests
and taxes illegal.
16. Terrorism
The use of violence and
threats to intimidate
or coerce, especially
for political purposes.
*Since September 11, 2001 an
increase in these activities have
made the world seem like a very
scary place. In the 21st century,
the United States has been
involved in many conflicts in the
Middle East including a war in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
17. Pandemic
This is an epidemic
that spreads over
a wide geographic
area and can
cause misery and
death to people
around the world.
ex: The 2005 the H1N1
(“Swine Flu”).
18. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
He was a leader of the Civil
Rights Movement that
inspired many to join
him in peaceful
demonstrations and
advocated “non-violent
resistance.” Best known
for his “I have a dream”
speech. Tragically, he
was assassinated for his
beliefs.
19. Rosa Parks
She was an African-American
woman who refused to give
her seat up on a bus in
Montgomery, Alabama after
a white man demanded that
she stand up and give it to
him. She was arrested for
“breaking the law.” Her
actions brought about the
“Montgomery bus boycott”
and desecration on public
buses.
20. Charles Drew
He was an African-American
doctor who developed a
better way to store the
plasma portion of blood
with the creation of the
first blood bank.
His work saved millions of lives. He
started the Red Cross Blood Bank
but, resigned in protest when asked
to keep “white” blood separate.
This man was also the first black
surgeon to be on the American
Board of Surgery.
21. J. Robert Oppenheimer
He was the scientific
director of the
Manhattan Project,
which gave the United
States its first nuclear
weapon.
He is sometimes
referred to as “The
Father of the Atomic
Bomb.”
22. Frank Lloyd Wright
He was an amazing
architect who created
Fallingwater, a home
inspired by his love of
nature, New York
City’s Guggenhelm
Museum, and many
other amazing
building during his
lifetime as a great
cultural leader.
23. Martha Graham
She was hailed as the
“Dancer of the Century”
and a “national treasure”.
She created a whole new style
of dance including
movements that were jagged,
angular, and full of emotion.
Today her vision lives on with
a world-famous dance
company named in her honor.
24. Henry Louis Gates
He is a ground-breaking
educator and history
professor at Harvard
University. He
devotes his life to the
study of both African
and African-American
cultural backgrounds
and genealogy.
25. Maya Angelou
This woman is a world
famous AfricanAmerican poet,
teacher, best-selling
author, actress, civil
rights activist,
producer, and
director.
Her poems, I Know Why the
caged Bird Sings and “I Rise,”
expressing the struggles of
African-Americans have
become classics.
26. Bill Gates
This billionaire got his start messing
around in his high school
computer lab, at a time when
computers were difficult to use.
He dropped out of college to
work on something brand new –
small personal computers (PC’s).
His company, Microsoft, went on to
make billions of dollars, much of
which he has given to support
health and education around the
world through the “Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation.”
27. Ray Kroc
This man is best known for
franchising McDonald’s
and creating the American
“fast food” industry.
He began investing in real estate
throughout the U.S. in order to build
attritional franchises, a move that
made him $500 million and a legend.
Today, the McDonald’s empire has
expanded around the world and is
worth billions.