OST 1950s, Post-Cold War, and Beyond

Since 1990, the United States has experienced changes to its economy. Identify the consequence of the following change:

Technologies, such as the personal computer, internet and mobile phones become common.

• Global communication improves.

• Transnational business organizations become common.

• The United States experiences a shift from a manufacturing to a service economy.

Since 1990, the United States has experienced changes to its economy. Identify the consequence of the following change:

Competition from overseas producers leads to increasing trade deficits.

• Global communication improves.

• Transnational business organizations become common.

• The United States experiences a shift from a manufacturing to a service economy.

Since 1990, the United States has experienced changes to its economy. Identify the consequence of the following change:

Producers increasingly import parts from their factories in other countries.

• Global communication improves.

• Transnational business organizations become common.

• The United States experiences a shift from a manufacturing to a service economy.

In recent years, print advertisements for some U.S. fast-food chains have featured text written in multiple languages. One reason for this trend has been an increase in

• segregation of ethnic groups

• immigration to the United States

• urbanization and suburbanization

• emigration from the United States

Throughout its history, the United States has had to confront serious challenges. Identify the challenges faced by the United States since the September 11, 2001 attacks.

• Maintaining a balance of power with the Soviet Union

• Countering the use of terrorism

• balancing national security and civil liberties

• protecting against possible attacks in the U.S.

• Responding to instability in the Middle East

How did U.S. national security policy change at the end of the Cold War?

• The United States withdrew from NATO.

• The United States reduced defense spending.

• The United States initiated containment policies.

• The United States eliminated its nuclear program.

An excerpt from a speech by President Barack Obama at the Department of Justice is shown. Which challenge facing the United States in the post-9/11 era does President Obama address in this excerpt?

• the unwillingness of countries to share surveillance data in the war against terror

• the obstacle of obtaining congressional approval to engage in preemptive wars

• the difficulty in balancing national security needs with the protection of civil liberties

• the international objections to U.S. development of advanced cyber-warfare capabilities

In the first half of the twentieth century, most immigrants came to the United States from European countries. How did the pattern of immigration change between 1950 and 2000?

• Most immigrants came to the United States from Oceania.

• Most immigrants came to the United States from Australia.

• Most immigrants came to the United States from Latin America.

• Most immigrants came to the United States from the Middle East.

What was the goal of the NAACP?

• end racial segregation

• gain equality for women

• improve the conditions of migrant workers

• Protect American Indian land rights

What was the goal of UFW?

• end racial segregation

• gain equality for women

• improve the conditions of migrant workers

• Protect American Indian land rights