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Transportation and Communication

New modes of communication and transportation virtually eliminated the problem of geographic distance

Ex. High-speed railcars can move at 350mph

Ex. Commercial jets reach speeds of 593mph

Ex. The world's effective capacity to exchange information through two-way telecommunication networks was 65 exabytes in 2007. This is the informational equivalent 6 entire newspapers per person per day.

The Green Revolution

The Green Revolution produced food for the earth’s growing population as it spread chemically and genetically enhanced forms of agriculture

Pesticides Synthetic nitrogen fertilizer Resulting decrease of

biodiversity

Medical Innovations

Medical innovations increased the ability for humans to survive

Artificial hearts Antibiotics

Energy Technologies

Energy technologies including the use of oil and nuclear power has raised productivity and increased the production of material goods

Birth Control

More effective forms of birth control gave women great control over fertility and transformed sexual practices

The End of the Cold War The dissolution of the Soviet

Union effectively ended the Cold War

By 1980, non-communist movements began in Eastern Europe

Ex. Solidarity in Poland Soviet power began to decline

Lagged behind technologically

Unhappy citizenry Large, expensive government War in surrounding regions

(Afghanistan) was expensive & unpopular

1989, Berlin Wall was dismantled & Germany was reunified

The End of the Cold War

In Russia, Mikhail Gorbachev enacted reforms to improve moral

Ex. glasnost, perestroika, etc.

1990, Radical communists failed to overthrow Gorbachev

1991, USSR was disbanded & Boris Yeltsin took control of Russia

Antiwar Activists

Groups and individuals challenged the many wars of the century

The antinuclear movement during the Cold War

Picasso in his Guernica

Governments Guiding Economic Life

In newly independent states after World War II, governments often took on a strong role in guiding economic life to promote development

Nassar’s promotion of economic development in Egypt

Nationalization of the Suez Canal

Transnational Movements

Transnational movements sought to unite people across national boundaries

Communism Domino Theory Proxy Wars

Pan-Arabism Promoted unification of Arab

States Opposed Western-

involvement Strongly supported by

Nassar

Global Trade

Regional trade agreements created regional trading blocs designed to promote the movement of capital and goods across national borders

The European Union NAFTA

Human Rights

The notion of human rights gained traction throughout the world

Women’s rights

Declaration on the Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

“Any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose

of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men

and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social,

cultural, civil or any other field.”

Race in the 20th Century

Increased interaction among diverse peoples sometimes led to the formation of new cultural identities and exclusionary reactions

Negritude Common black identity

1906 Atlanta Race Riots Resulted from tensions

between blacks and whites over:

Jobs Civil rights Gubernatorial Election of

1906

New Forms of Spirituality

Believers developed new forms of spirituality Scientology

Believe one should recall traumatic events from their past to free themselves from their limiting effects

Members often have to spend a great deal of money to work with spiritual advisors

Controversial opponents of psychiatry