1. By the end of WWII until today, different countries relied on other countries through trading goods and services, as well as information, communication and technologies.

2. Improvement of all communication (internet, cellphone) Availability of imported goods and services Outsourcing jobs

3. After the war, Americans turned their attention in developing useful technologies. Can you think of any technologies that you think are useful for you?

4. What industries benefitted from using technologies? Airline (jet engines) Cars and highways Movies and news Space exploration Computers Communications Internet

5.  Increase air travel  Easier access to news and entertainment  Cheaper means of communication  Better heating and cooling  Access to information around the world.

6.  Charles Drew – Known for plasma extraction and blood bank.  J. Robert Oppenheimer – “Manhattan Project” father of atom bomb  William Shockley, John Bardeen, Walter Brattain – developed transistors and computer chips

7. Frank Lloyd Wright – architecture Ansell Adams – photography Martha Graham – dance

8. Henry Louis Gates – historian Maya Angelou – literature William J. Durant - historian

9. Bill Gates – computers Ray Kroc – fast food chain Sam Walton – retail store

10. Foreign Policy –  Increase in terrorism  Conflicts in the Middle East  Changing relationship with other countries

11. Immigration -  Increase in immigration and diversity  More people wanting to go immigrate to the US than are allowed by law

12. Global Environment -  Policies to protect the Environment  Climate Change  Conservation efforts (water and other natural resources) World Health Issues –  S.A.R.S.  AH1N1  F.M.D  Mad Cow