The Technology
Revolution
Page 1 Overview
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After the Cold War, Americans turned
their energies to the development of
peacetime technologies.
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The Development of New
Technologies Caused Great Changes
in American Life. Page 2 Led to..
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Today’s Assembly Line
Airline Industry - Jets
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Led to…………….
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Increased domestic and international
travel for business and pleasure
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Automobile Industry
Interstate
highway
system
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Led to…………….
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Entertainment and News Media Industry
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Led to…………….
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1.
CD, VCR,
and DVD
in most
households
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•80s Tech DVD/questions
2. Nationwide
access to
television and
radio
programming.
Television satellites bring us shows from around the world.
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Computer Industry
80’s Tech p. 4
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Led to…………….
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1.
Changing the way people get
information;
Internet and World Wide Web…
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2.
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Greater access to news and other
information
3.
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Cheaper and more convenient means
of communication.
Computer Chip
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Satellite System Telecommunications
Led to…………….
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1. Pagers, cell phones, television, and
global positioning instruments
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2. Nationwide
access to
television and
radio
programming.
Television satellites bring us shows from around the world.
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Space Industry
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Led to…………….
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1.
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USSR –
Sputnik…
United States – NASA…
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Moon landings…
Astronaut
Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon.
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…and Space stations.
The first crew lived in the International Space Station
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for 4 months.
2.
Space shuttle accidents…
1986; the 7 astronauts that died in the space shuttle
called the Challenger
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…Future goals to explore Mars.
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Heating and Air-Conditioning
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Led to…………….
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Comfortable living and working conditions in all
parts of the country
(movement of population from Northeast to
Southwestern “Sun Belt”)
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•Technology Revolution Notes
So what?
What is important to understand
about this? Page 3
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After the Cold War, Americans turned
their energies to the development of
peacetime technologies.
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Discussion Questions
1. Which industries benefited the
most from the new technologies?
2. What impact did the new
technologies have on American
life?
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How much
do you
remember?
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1. The automobile industry in the
1950's continued to grow. More and
more people owned a vehicle and
traveled more often. Why?
a. The new highway system granted less
access to parts of the country.
b. Highway tolls, which were on all interstate
highways went up.
c. Highway tolls, which were on all interstate
highways decreased.
d. The new highway system granted more
access to parts of the country.
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2.
Which event pushed the United
States into an all-out space race
with Russia?
a. Congress created NASA in 1962.
b. President Kennedy proclaimed that the
United States would land on the moon by
1970.
c. The Soviet Union sent Sputnik into space.
d. New legislation in 1954 provided funds for
manned space flight.
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3.
Pagers, cell phones, home security
systems, and television all have which
of the following in common?
a. They are all dependent on satellites.
b. They are all forms of communication.
c. Government deregulation has allowed for
monopolies to form in each area.
d. Taxation has brought little money from
these industries into the United States
Treasury.
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4. The correct sequence for the
evolution of flight is:
a. gliders, propellers, space flight, jets
b. propellers, gliders, jets, space flight
c. jets, propellers, gliders, space flight
d. gliders, propellers, jets, space flight
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5. The industry that is considered
to be most revolutionary is:
a. airline
b. warfare
c. computers
d. entertainment
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6. What was one impact of changing
technology after WWII?
a. Americans traveled less often.
b. Population shifted from the Southwest
to the Northeast.
c. Regional differences decreased.
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Airline travel became less affordable.
Globalization
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•P. 5, 6, 7 Cost- Benefit+
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Globalization is the linking of nations
through:
◦ Trade
◦ Information
◦ Technologies
◦ Communication
• It involves the integration of different
societies.
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Improvement of
communications and travel
Availability of a wide variety
of international goods and
services
Outsourcing of industrial and
service jobs to other
countries
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Key International Issues
in a Globalized Era
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Foreign Policy:
1. Increase in terrorist activities
2. Conflicts in the Middle East
3. Changing relationships with other
nations
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more open relations with Former
Communist countries
growing economic strength of Asian
countries such as India and China
Led to…………….
COSTS and BENEFITS
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Immigration:
1. Changing immigration patterns
1. Latin America
2. Eastern and Southern Asia
3. Africa
2. More people wanting to immigrate to
the U.S. than are allowed by law
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Led to…………….
COSTS and BENEFITS
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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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Led to…………….
COSTS and BENEFITS
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World Health Issues:
Global pandemics!
(Think bird flu, swine flu.)
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Citizens Transforming
Their GLOBAL World
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Charles Drew – blood plasma clip
DREW BLOOD!!!!
• African American physician and
surgeon
• helped develop blood banks for
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WWII
Led to…………….
COSTS and BENEFITS
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J. Robert Oppenheimer – physics clip
O NO!!!!
• worked on Manhattan Project to
develop atomic bomb for WWII
• early leader in theoretical physics
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Led to…………….
COSTS and BENEFITS
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William Shockley, John Bardeen, and
Walter Brattain (Bell Labs Team)clip
Shocked the Tech World!!!!
• won Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956
for inventing transistors
• led to computer chip, satellite tech,
most modern electronics
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Led to…………….
COSTS and BENEFITS
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Frank Lloyd Wright clip
BUILD IT WRIGHT!!!
• greatest American architect
• promoted organic architecture
(harmonious integration of building,
surrounding, and furnishings)
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Led to…………….
COSTS and BENEFITS
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Ansel Adams clip
AA Pretty!!!!
• photographer famous for black-andwhite photos of Yosemite National
Park and other places in the
American West
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• environmentalist
Led to…………….
COSTS and BENEFITS
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Martha Graham Clip
Marvelous Martha!!!!
• choreographer
• a pioneer of modern dance
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Led to…………….
COSTS and BENEFITS
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Henry Louis Gates clip
• African American scholar, writer,
educator
• emphasis on black culture
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Maya Angelou clip
Angel of Poetry!!!
• African American poet, autobiographer
• worked with Martin Luther King, Jr.
• also involved in stage and film
• delivered a poem at Clinton’s 1993
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inauguration
Led to…………….
COSTS and BENEFITS
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William J. Durant clip
During History!!!!!
• wrote history of Western civilization
with focus on social and cultural
developments and the experiences of
“average” people
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Traditionally, history focused on
important leaders, politics, and wars.
Led to…………….
COSTS and BENEFITS
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Bill Gates clip
Opened the Gates to the Internet!!!!
• computer technology entrepreneur
(Chairman of Microsoft)
• philanthropist
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Ray Kroc-Franchising Clip
• Czech-American
entrepreneur
• started as Illinois
milkshake-machine
salesman
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partnered with McDonald
brothers and eventually
bought the rights to their
restaurant
used Ford’s assembly-line
techniques to revolutionize
fast food
Led to…………….
COSTS and BENEFITS
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Sam Waltonclip
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•
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•
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big-business retailer from
Oklahoma
started as owner of Ben
Franklin stores that beat
competition with late hours
and low prices, which were
made possible by smart deals
with his wholesale suppliers
opened Wal-Mart chain in
1960’s in Arkansas
Wal-Mart, Inc. opened the
first Sam’s Club in Oklahoma
in 1983. clip
Led to…………….
COSTS and BENEFITS
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1. Which development did NOT become
more of a concern for the U.S. in the later
twentieth century?
A
B
C
D
increased terrorist activities
global pandemics (diseases that
spread worldwide)
increased illegal immigration
the rise of fascism
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2. Which famous American is correctly
paired with his or her area of cultural
contribution?
A
B
C
D
Bill Gates – physics (Manhattan Project)
Sam Walton – literature
J. Robert Oppenheimer – retailing
Frank Lloyd Wright – architecture
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