Building a
Better World
(SOLs US II.8e; 9a, b, c, d)
The United States transformed between
the end of World War II and the present
in terms of international trade and
globalization. Between the end of World
War II and the present, the world has
been marked by an increase in globalization
and interdependence.
• Globalization is the
linking of nations
through trade,
information,
technologies, and
communication
and involves
increased
integration of
different societies.
Impact of globalization
on American life:
• Improvement
of all
communications
(e.g., travel,
telecommunicat
ions, Internet)
Impact of globalization
on American life:
• Availability of
a wide variety
of foreignmade goods and
services.
Impact of globalization
on American life:
• Outsourcing of jobs.
How New Technologies in
Communication, Entertainment, and
Business impacted American Life
• After the war, Americans
turned their energies to the
development of peacetime
technologies.
• New technologies in
communication,
entertainment, and business
have dramatically affected
American life.
Industries benefiting from
new technologies:
• Airline
industry
(jet
engine)
Industries benefiting from
new technologies:
• Automobile
industry
and
interstate
highway
system.
Industries benefiting from
new technologies:
• Entertainment
and news media
industries.
Industries benefiting from
new technologies:
• Exploration
of space.
The Hubble Telescope
Pictures from the Hubble Telescope
Industries benefiting
from new technologies:
•Computer
industry.
Industries benefiting
from new technologies:
• Satellite systems,
telecommunications (pagers,
cell phones, television).
Industries benefiting
from new technologies:
•The
Internet.
Impact of new technologies
on American life:
• Increased
domestic &
international
travel for
business and
pleasure.
Impact of new technologies
on American life:
• Greater
access to
news and
other
information.
Impact of new technologies
on American life:
• Cheaper and
more
convenient
means of
communication.
Impact of new technologies
on American life:
• Greater access to
heating and airconditioning
improved the
quality of life and
encouraged
population growth
in certain areas of
the country.
Impact of new technologies
on American life:
• Decreased regional
variation resulting from
nationwide access to
the same entertainment
and information
provided by national
television and radio
programming, Internet
services, and computer
games.
The Civil
Rights
Movement
Domestic &
International
issues during the
Second Half of
the 20th & early
21st century.
• Segregation.
• Changing role of
women.
• Civil Rights
Movement.
Segregation:
• Separate educational
facilities and resources
for white and African
American students.
• Separate public
facilities (e.g.,
restrooms, drinking
fountains,
restaurants).
• Social isolation of
races.
Changing role of
women:
• Women activists were
inspired by the
achievements of the
Civil Rights Movement
& took action to gain
equality for women,
particularly in the
workplace.
Betty
Friedan
Workplace Disadvantages:
• Discrimination
against women
in hiring
practices.
• Lower wages for
women than for
men doing the
same job.
Improved Conditions:
• National Organization
for Women (NOW).
• Federal legislation to
force colleges to give
women equal athletic
opportunities.
Improved Conditions:
• The Equal Rights
Amendment, despite
its failure, and a focus
on equal opportunity
employment created
a wider range of
options and
advancement for
women in business
and public service.
Civil Rights Movement:
The Civil Rights
Movement resulted
in legislation that
ensured
constitutional
rights to all
citizens of the
United States
regardless of race.
• Opposition to
Plessy v.
Ferguson:
“Separate but
equal.”
• Brown v. Board
of Education:
Desegregation
of schools.
Martin Luther King, Jr.:
• Passive resistance
against
segregated
facilities; “I have
a dream…”
speech.
“I have a dream…”
Rosa
Parks:
• Montgomery
bus boycott.
Stand for Something!
• Organized
protests,
Freedom
Riders,
sit-ins,
marches.
• Expansion of
the National
Association
for the
Advancement
of Colored
People
(NAACP).
•Civil
Rights
Act of
1964.
•Voting Rights Act
of 1965.
On the orders of Bull Connor, high-pressure
firehouses are used against young demonstrators.
Peoples Drug store, Arlington, VA. 1960. They closed
the lunch counter rather than serve Black students.
Students busted for
protesting segregation
fill the Nashville jail to
overflowing.
John Lewis, O.D. Hunt, and
Dennis Gregory Foote, after
their arrest at a downtown
lunch counter.
This a picture of a voting rights demonstration in McComb, Miss., in 1962.
McComb was the site of the some of the most violent repression of civil
rights. Many churches and houses were bombed. Many people died. One
man, Herbert Lee, was shot in cold blood. McComb was also the site of a
mass arrest of students.
Birmingham, Alabama
Dr. King and Rev. Abernathy under arrest on Good Friday
Young nonviolent warriors under arrest.
16th Street Baptist Church —
Movement Headquarters.
Mass meeting, Bethel Baptist Church, 1963.
Addie Mae Collins (14
Cynthia Wesley (14)
Carole Robertson (14)
Denise McNair (11)
Birmingham Church Bombing : On September 15th, eighteen days after the euphoria of the
March on Washington, the Ku Klux Klan shatters the short-lived hopes and dreams of freedom
with an act of savage barbarity. Four Klansmen then plant a large dynamite bomb timed to go
off during services. The blast shatters the brick wall, instantly killing four young girls.
KKK bomb
explodes at
the home
of NAACP
attorney
Arthur
Shores
Representative Citizens have
influenced America Scientifically,
Culturally, Academically, &
Economically…
Science
• -Charles Drew:
Medicine (plasma)
• -J. Robert
Oppenheimer:
Physics
(Manhattan
Project team)
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Culture:
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• -Frank Lloyd
Wright:
Architecture
• -Martha
Graham:
Dance
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Academics
• -Henry
Louis
Gates:
History
• -Maya
Angelou:
Literature
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Economics
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-Bill Gates:
Computer
Technology
(Microsoft)
-Ray Kroc:
Franchising
(McDonald’s)
Mercian Foreign Policy,
Immigration, the Global
Environment, and other
Emerging Issues
• American foreign policy,
immigration policies,
energy policies, and
environmental policies
affect people both in the
United States and in
other countries.
American Foreign Policy
• Increase in
terrorist activities.
• Conflicts in the
Middle East.
• Changing
relationships with
nations.
Immigration
• Changing immigration patterns.
– (e.g., Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans).
• More people want to immigrate to the United
States than are allowed by law.
Global environment
• Policies to protect
the environment.
• Global climate
change.
• Conservation of
water and other
natural resources.
Other Emerging Issues:
• Energy issues
(dependence on
foreign oil).
• World health
issues (global
pandemics).