SOL USII.9b
Transformation of the United States
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Modern America
1945 to
Present
is about
the development of new technologies and their impact on American life
starting with
I. Industries Benefiting from New Technologies
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Airline industry – jets
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Automobile industry and interstate highway system
Entertainment and news media industry
Exploration of space
Computer industry ***80’S Technology
Satellite system – Telecommunications (pagers, cell phones,
television)
Internet **90’s Tecnology
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SELF-TEST QUESTIONS:
leading to
II. Impact of New Technologies on American Life
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Increased domestic and international travel for business and
pleasure
Greater access to news and other information
Cheaper and more convenient means of communication
Greater access to heating and air-conditioning
Decreased regional variation, resulting from nationwide
access to entertainment and information provided by
national television and radio programming, Internet services,
computer games
Meaning:
TERMS, PEOPLE AND PLACES
cell phone
pager
What impact did the new technologies have on American life?
computer technology
satellite
How have computers and the Internet transformed our world?
interstate highway system
technology
How did space exploration affect the development of the
communications and transportation industries?
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Internet
telecommunication
media
television
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SOL USII.9b
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The Technology Revolution
Caused this …
This …
The development of new technologies
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caused great changes in American life
Word Bank
Pagers, cell phones, television, global positioning instruments
Increased domestic and international travel for business and pleasure
Greater access to news and other information
CD, VCR, DVD in most households
Interstate highway system
Comfortable living and working conditions
USSR (Sputnik), USA (NASA)
Changing the way people work and get information
Essential Details
Essential Details
Airline industries - jets
Increased domestic and international travel for business and pleasure
Automobile industry
Interstate highway system
Entertainment industry and news media
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CD, VCR, DVD in most households
Greater access to news and other information
Computer industry
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Changing the way people work and get information – Internet, World Wide Web
Greater access to news and other information
Satellite system and telecommunication
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Space industry
Heating and air conditioning
Pagers, cell phones, television, global positioning instruments
Nationwide access to television and radio programming
 USSR (Sputnik), USA (NASA), moon landings, space stations
 space shuttle accidents, future goals to explore Mars
 space shuttle accidents, future goals to explore Mars
Comfortable living and working conditions in all parts of the country
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So what? What is important to understand about this?
Technology continues to change American homes, leisure activities, and workplaces.
80s Tech DVD Questions
“The Microchip”
1. What is a microchip?
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2. How has the microchip changed over time?
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3. Which two individuals started Apple Computer?
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4. In what geographical area did the computer industry develop in the 1980s?
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5. In what type of establishment did kids spend a lot of their recreational time in the 1980s?
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6. Why did Nintendo succeed while Atari had failed?
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7. What kind of technology made the headphones for a Sony Walkman work?
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8. What replaced vinyl records and tape cassettes during the 1980s?
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9. How much did “the Brick” weigh and cost?
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10. What is a downside of the spread of electronic communications technology?
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USII.8e, 9b, 9d
Post-WWII Changes: Effects of Globalization
For each recent historical development or important issue identified in the chart, list at least one cost (negative) and at least one benefit (positive).
Development
1. Globalization of the U.S.
economy
2. Improvements in the
transportation industry
(national and
international)
3. Greater involvement in
the Middle East
4. More immigration than
legal limits allow
5. Creation of government
policies to protect the
natural environment
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Cost (-)
Benefit (+)
Post-WWII Changes: People Transforming their Global World
Person and Development
6. Charles Drew
7. J. Robert Oppenheimer
8. William Shockley, John
Bardeen, and Walter
Brattain
9. Frank Lloyd Wright
10. Ansel Adams
11. Martha Graham
12. Henry Louis Gates
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Cost (-)
Benefit (+)
13. Maya Angelou
14. William J. Durant
15. Bill Gates
Person and Development
16. Ray Kroc
17. Sam Walton
Bill Gates
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Cost (-)
Benefit (+)
USII.9c
Post-WWII Hall of Fame:
Important Contributors to Science, Artistic Culture, Academics, and Economics
Match the person with his or her description or area of contribution.
Science
_b__1. Charles Drew
a. physics (Manhattan Project)
a__2. J. Robert Oppenheimer
b. investigation of plasma
_c__3. William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain
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c. semiconductor (led to microchip)
Artistic Culture
_d__4. Frank Lloyd Wright
d. architecture
_f__5. Ansel Adams
e. dance
_e__6. Martha Graham
f. photography
Academics
_g__7. Henry Louis Gates
g. African American scholar, historian
_h__8. Maya Angelou
h. African American poet
_i__9. William J. Durant
i. historian of Western civilization
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Economics
_k__10. Bill Gates
j. franchising (McDonald’s)
_j__11. Ray Kroc
k. computer technology
_l__12. Sam Walton
l. Retailing/Selling
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