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Unit XXIV – Contemporary America and Its Challenges (Chapter 42)Objectives:
Describe the changing shape of the American economy and work force and the new social and ethical challenges facing the United States in a global economy dominated by high technology and scientific innovation
Analyze the changing structure and character of American families, and explain the social consequences of the aging of America
Describe the impact of the great wave of immigration from Asia and Latin America since the 1970s and the challenge it posed to the traditional ideals of the melting pot
Describe the difficulties and challenges facing American cities, including the increasing split between central cities and outer suburbs
1. Cesar Chavez2. Condoleezza Rice3. Barack Obama4. Toni Morrison5. Frank McCourt6. Jackson Pollock7. David Mamet8. Frank Lloyd Wright9. Dot-com businesses10.Outsourcing11.Stem cell research12.Research
universities13.Gender gap14.Mainstream media15.Blogosphere16.Information Age17.Multiculturalism18.Abstract
expressionism19.Pop art20.Postmodernism21.Microsoft
Corporation22.Human Genome
Project
23.National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
24.Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
25.United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
26.National Endowment for the arts