Essential Understandings:
1. The period following World War II leading up to the early twenty-first century marked the “information age.” New technologies in communication, entertainment, and business dramatically changed American life.
2. Representative citizens have contributed to and influenced America scientifically, culturally, academically, and economically.
3. American foreign policy, immigration policies, energy policies, and environmental policies affect people both in the United States and in other countries.
4. Key domestic and international issues since World War II have helped to shape the United States government’s relationship with its citizens and other nations.
2. Representative citizens have contributed to and influenced America scientifically, culturally, academically, and economically.
3. American foreign policy, immigration policies, energy policies, and environmental policies affect people both in the United States and in other countries.
4. Key domestic and international issues since World War II have helped to shape the United States government’s relationship with its citizens and other nations.
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U.S. Immigration from 1820 - present:
Influencial Americans:
CULTURAL LEADERS...
Frank Lloyd Wright's "Fallingwater"
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Martha Graham - Modern Dance
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Scientific leaders...
J. Robert Oppenheimer - Atomic Bomb
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Dr. Charles Drew - Blood Plasma Bank
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Academic Leaders
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Maya Angelou - Civil Rights Activist, Writer and Poet
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Economic Leaders
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