Exam 15: Economic, social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

By 2000,scientists had successfully mapped the entire human genetic code through the ____________________ Project.

The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act called for

Describe the nature of,and the reasons for,the major demographic and geographic shifts that occurred in the United States during the second half of the twentieth century.

One characteristic of Hollywood in the 1990s was

Examine the transformation in college and professional sports.What opportunities became available for female athletes and what made this possible?

downsizing

In the 1980s and 1990s,the population of the United States grew an average of 1.8 percent a year.

During the 1970s and 1980s,most immigrants to the United States came from

By the early 21st century,Wal-Mart employed one out of ____ all U.S.workers.

According to some estimates,in 2000,the number of people practicing ________________ surpassed the number of people practicing Judaism.

Most immigrants from Puerto Rico have settled in Florida.

Discuss people's changing relationship to work,consumption and money in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.How have typical understandings of employer-employee responsibilities changed? How has work itself changed? Does this mark an improvement or a setback for working Americans?

Title IX

"narrowcasting"

Cable news networks increasingly​

____________________ and ebay became models for doing business on the internet.

The Refugee Act of 1980

In the 21st century,the ____________________ is the preeminent symbol of American culture.

In 2000,____________________ percent of Americans had been born outside the United States.

In the late twentieth century business restructuring