| A | B |
|---|
| Opportunities were expanded for African Americans when President Truman - | desegregated the armed forces |
| Benefits of Civil Rights Legislation for Women and Minorities | Increased educational, political, and economic opportunities |
| Program that gave educational, housing, and employment benefits to WWII veterans | G.I. Bill of Rights |
| The Baby Boom changed | Demographics in the U.S. |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | worked to expand human rights |
| Industries that benefited from satellite technology | Entertainment and news media, space exploration, telecommunications |
| Telecommunications Industry | Pagers, Cell Phones, Television |
| One major effect of telecommunication technology is that it | increased access to information |
| Greater heating and air-conditioning impacted American life by | encouraging population growth in certain areas of the country |
| New technology that benefited the airline industry | Jet engines |
| Charles Drew | developed efficient ways to process and store large quantities of blood |
| Henry Louis Gates | Influenced the study of history |
| Maya Angelou | Greatly influenced literature of the 20th century |
| J. Robert Oppenheimer | Played an important role in the Manhattan Project team |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | Significant impact on architecture |
| Ray Kroc | Individual that revolutionized the art of franchising through McDonald's |
| Bill Gates | Individual that significantly influenced computer technology |
| Martha Graham | impacted American culture in modern dance |
