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Industrial Revolution
This was the start of new technology in factories and many other areas that helped to enhance to process of making and selling items. The creation of new technology helped to begin mass production. This allowed products to made in very large quantities, at a very low cost and low quality. Products could be shared more easily between places with the start of railways playing a large part. Also, the the ability to print let news spread more quickly with other parts of the world. -
WWII
After WWII, the world wanted to find a way to come together after coming out of such dig distribute. Forming the United Nations was going to be used as a method to help prevent further conflict between different parts of the world and as a way to support one another. -
Bretton Woods Meeting
The Breton Woods Meeting was held to create the World Bank as well as the International Monetary Foundation. These organizations were able to oversee money lending and currency across the world. Also, the World Trade Organization was created to oversee trade between nations. -
Free Trade Area of the Americas
The Free Trade Area of the Americas proposed that there should be free trade between all parts of the world. This included all of the countries in North America, South America, and of the Caribbean, except for Cuba. -
Global Peacekeeping Oranization
This organization was formed with hopes of keeping peace throughout the majority of the world following WWII. -
Cold War
During the the Cold War, there was a lot of American influence spread throughout the world. American culture was spread through soldiers and in many other ways. The Cold War also had much advancement in technology and nuclear warfare. -
World Wide Web Created
The spread of the internet to all parts of the world allowed ideas to be spread much easier and faster. Communication between all parts of the world was much easier to access as well. All parts of the world were seeing the same news and were able to communicate about many different topics and issues. -
Creation of Facebook
Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin. Facebook was another source for information to travel quickly around the world. People from all areas of the world are able to friend one another and communicate. Challenged such as the ALS ice bucket challenge spread across social media to help people form all parts of the world come together for a good cause.
