Industries Benefiting From New Technology and the Impact it had on American Life

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1 USII 9b 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.

2 Industries Benefiting From New Technology and the Impact it had on American Life 1. Airline Industry Jets

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4 2. Automobile Industry and Interstate Highway System These industries increased domestic and international travel for business and pleasure

5 3. Entertainment and News Media Industry

6 -Greater access to news and other information

7 4. Exploration of Space

8 5. Computer Industry

9 6. Satellite Industry (pagers, cell phones, television, and the internet) In 1984, consumers lined up in droves to buy the first cellular phone as soon as it hit the market. The brick" weighed 2 pounds, offered just a half-hour of talk time for every recharging, and sold for $3,995.

10 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 television and radio programming, Internet services, and computer games

11 USII 9c Individual citizens have influenced America scientifically, culturally, academically, and economically.

12 Architecture Frank Lloyd Wright an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 projects, which resulted in more than 500 completed works. Designed Fallingwater

13 Martha Graham American dancer choreographer regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance She danced and choreographed for over seventy years, and during that time was the first dancer ever to perform at The White House Dance

14 Historian Henry Louis Gates received numerous honorary degrees and awards for his teaching, research, and development of academic institutions to study black culture

15 Literature Maya Angelou American autobiographer and poet She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adulthood experiences.

16 Computer Technology Bill Gates chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded He is consistently ranked among the world's wealthiest people

17 Franchising Ray Kroc took over the (at the time) small-scale McDonald's Corporation franchise in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world

18 Globalization Between the end of WWII 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. Globalization involves the increased integration of different societies.

19 Improvement of all communication (e.g., travel, telecommunications/ Internet) Globalization

20 Availability of a wide variety of international goods and services Globalization

21 Outsourcing of jobs (meaning to get another company - or person(s) to do some of the service or work usually in order to save money) Globalization

22 USII 9d American foreign policy, immigration policies, energy policies, and environmental policies affect both people in the United States and in other countries.

23 What is foreign policy? -How a country interacts with other countries economically, politically, socially, & militarily

24 How has U.S. foreign policy affected the U.S. & other countries? 1. Increase in terrorist activities -Sept. 11th, 2001 attacks

25 How has U.S. foreign policy affected the U.S. & other countries? 2. Conflicts in the Middle East Iraq War-US entered to remove weapons of mass destruction, they were unable to find them. -Led to capture and execution of Saddam Hussein

26 How has U.S. foreign policy affected the U.S. & other countries? 3. Changing relationships with nations -Cuba, Korea

27 Immigration Changes 1. Changing immigration patterns -Hispanic Americans -Asian Americans

28 2. More people want to immigrate to the U.S. than are allowed by law -lottery done admitting certain amount immigrants from certain countries into U.S. each year

29 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT 1. Policies to protect the environment -U.N. meets often to discuss policies to better environment -what might be good for one country, might hurt another across the globe 2. Global climate change/global warming -climate will continue to change as long as energy uses continue way they are -deforestation (cutting down all the forests) -aerosols -greenhouse gases (CO2)

30 3. Conservation (careful use) of water and other natural resources (oil, gas, timber, coal) -world population is around 6 billion & we are running out of resources to accommodate everyone -why we need to recycle/hydropower

31 OTHER ISSUES 1. World health issues (global pandemics)- epidemic of infectious disease spreading thru human population across large region -HIV& 2009 Flu Pandemic