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The Technology Revolution and Globalization
Review: With what do you associate the following?
1. Henry Louis Gates
African American culture
7. William Durant
historian
2. Martha Graham
dance
8. Bill Gates
computer/entrepreneur
3. Ansel Adams
photography
9. J. Robert Oppenheimer
physics
4. Ray Kroc
franchising
10. Shockley, Barden, Brattain computer chip
5. Charles Drew
blood plasma
11. Maya Angelou
literature
6. Sam Walton
retailing
12. Frank Lloyd Wright
architecture
Technology Revolution
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After World War II, Americans turned their energies to the development of peacetime
technologies.
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The airline industry and the advancement of the jet engine, along with the automobile industry
and interstate highway system, led to increased domestic and international travel for business
and pleasure.
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The entertainment and news media industries led to:
1. CDs, VCRs, and DVDs in most households
2. Nationwide access to television and radio programming
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The computer industry led to:
1. Changing ways that people get information (Internet)
2. Greater access to news and other information
3. Cheaper and more convenient means of communication
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Satellite systems led to:
1. Pagers, cell phones, televisions, global positioning instruments
2. Nationwide access to television and radio programming
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The space industry led to NASA, moon landings and space stations.
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Greater access to heating and air-conditioning led to comfortable living and working conditions
in all parts of the country; also encouraged population growth in certain areas, such as people in
the Northeast moving to the Southwest (the "Sun Belt")
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Nationwide access to the same entertainment and information provided by television, radio,
and Internet services led to decreased regional variation.
Globalization
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Globalization describes the increasing interconnection of the U.S. with other countries around
the world.
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Globalization is the linking of nations through trade, information, technologies, and
communication.
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It involves the integration of different societies.
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Impact of globalization on American life:
1. Improvement of communications and travel
2. Availability of a wide variety of international goods and services
3. Outsourcing of industrial and service jobs to other countries
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Foreign Policy
1. Increase in terrorist activities
2. Conflicts in the Middle East
3. Changing relationships with other nations (more openness with former
Communist countries and growing economic strength of Asian countries such as
India and China)
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Immigration
1. Changing immigration patterns (Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans)
2. More people wanting to immigrate to the U.S. than are allowed by law
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Global Environment
1. Policies to protect the environment
2. Global climate change - Global Warming
3. Conservation of water and other natural resources
4. Green Revolution - Go Green
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Other issues
1. Energy issues (dependence on foreign oil)
2. World health issues (global pandemics…bird flu, swine flu)