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    This document discusses factors that led to changing patterns in United States society from post-WWII to the present. Key factors included a strong economy, healthy job market, rising productivity and consumer demand. Other factors were increased investment in infrastructure like highways and the evolving role of women in the workforce and family. Policies like the GI Bill expanded education and employment opportunities for veterans and civil rights legislation increased opportunities for minorities. Globalization integrated world economies through trade, communication, transportation and cultural exchange, improving living standards but also leading to outsourcing of American jobs.

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    This document discusses factors that led to changing patterns in United States society from post-WWII to the present. Key factors included a strong economy, healthy job market, rising productivity and consumer demand. Other factors were increased investment in infrastructure like highways and the evolving role of women in the workforce and family. Policies like the GI Bill expanded education and employment opportunities for veterans and civil rights legislation increased opportunities for minorities. Globalization integrated world economies through trade, communication, transportation and cultural exchange, improving living standards but also leading to outsourcing of American jobs.

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    This document discusses factors that led to changing patterns in United States society from post-WWII to the present. Key factors included a strong economy, healthy job market, rising productivity and consumer demand. Other factors were increased investment in infrastructure like highways and the evolving role of women in the workforce and family. Policies like the GI Bill expanded education and employment opportunities for veterans and civil rights legislation increased opportunities for minorities. Globalization integrated world economies through trade, communication, transportation and cultural exchange, improving living standards but also leading to outsourcing of American jobs.

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    Name: ________________________

    The American Dream

    N
    Time Period: Post WWII The Present
    K. Factors that Lead to Changing Patterns in United States Society:
    1.

    Strong _____________________________
    Healthy ___________ Market
    _______________ Productivity
    _______________ Demand for American Products

    2.
    A greater investment in
    ________________________________
    3.

    The ____________________________ which led to


    changing ________________________________
    4.

    Interstate ___________________ System

    5.
    Evolving role of ______________________________
    Expected to play a supporting role for the family while
    increasingly working outside the home.
    6.

    Role of ______________ __________________ in


    expanding ________________ rights
    7.

    African Americans aspirations for


    _______________ opportunities.

    L. Policies and Programs Expanding Educational and Employment Opportunities


    1.
    __________________ gave ____________, ___________,
    and ______________ benefits to __________.
    2.
    In 1948, President Truman __________________ the
    United States Armed Forces.
    3.
    Civil Rights legislation let to ___________ educational,
    economic, and political opportunities for ___________
    and _______________.

    M. GLOBALIZATION
    Globalization is the _________________ of _________________ through:
    ______________________
    ______________________
    ______________________
    ______________________
    Globalization involves increased _______________ of different ____________.

    N. Impact of GLOBALIZATION on American Life:


    Improvement of ALL _______________________:
    _____________________

    _____________________
    _____________________
    Availability of a wide variety of foreign-made __________ and ____________

    Outsourcing of American ____________

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