The American DreamPost-WWII – The Present

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Essential Question:

What factors led to changing

patterns of society in post-

World War II era?

Strong _________

Healthy ____ Market

____________ Productivity

____________ Demand for

American ___________

K. FACTORS LEADING TO CHANGING

PATTERNS IN UNITED STATES SOCIETY

Economy

Job

Increased

Increased

Products

Greater

Investment in

___________

K. FACTORS LEADING TO CHANGING

PATTERNS IN UNITED STATES SOCIETY

Education

The ____________ which

led to changing

_______________

K. FACTORS LEADING TO CHANGING

PATTERNS IN UNITED STATES SOCIETY

Baby Boom

demographics

Interstate _________ System

K. FACTORS LEADING TO CHANGING PATTERNS IN

UNITED STATES SOCIETY

Highway

Evolving role of _________ :

Expected to play a supporting

role for the family while

increasingly working outside the

home.

K. FACTORS LEADING TO CHANGING

PATTERNS IN UNITED STATES SOCIETY

Women

Role of ________

_________ in

expanding

_______rights.

K. FACTORS LEADING TO CHANGING

PATTERNS IN UNITED STATES SOCIETY

Eleanor

Roosevelt

human

African Americans’

aspirations for ______

opportunities

K. FACTORS LEADING TO CHANGING

PATTERNS IN UNITED STATES SOCIETY

equal

Essential Question:

What policies and programs expanded

educational and employment

opportunities for the military, women,

and minorities?

______________ gave

__________, _______,

and __________ benefits

to _______.

L. POLICIES AND PROGRAMS EXPANDING

EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

G.I. Bill of Rights

educational housing

employment

veterans

In 1948, President

Truman ______________

the United States Armed

Forces.

L. POLICIES AND PROGRAMS EXPANDING

EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

desegregated

Civil Rights legislation

let to _________

educational, economic,

and political

opportunities for

______ and _________.

L. POLICIES AND PROGRAMS EXPANDING

EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

increased

women

minorities

Essential Question:

How has globalization

impacted American life?

Globalization is the

LINKING of NATIONS

through:

TRADE

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGIES

COMMUNICATION

M. Globalization

Globalization involves

increased _________ of

different ________

integration

societies

M. Globalization

Improvement of ALL

__________________

:

____________________

_

____________________

_

____________________

Travel

Telecommunications

Internet

Communications

Telecommunication –

Communicating from a distance

through the use of technology

N. Impact of globalization on

American Life

Availability of a

wide variety of

foreign-made

______ and

__________

goods

services

N. Impact of Globalization on

American Life

McDonald’s…A Global Franchise

At Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin

Outsourcing of

American ______Jobs

N. Impact of Globalization on

American Life