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