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DO NOW: read the quote below and answer the question on slide
#3
12.3 Obama’s
Presidency
The Obama Administration &
looking toward the future.
This assignment can be
completed independently using
the notes provided on the slides
DO NOW question:
What impact did Obama’s election have on the public that other Presidents didn’t
have? The election of the president raised hopes that race relations in the U.S.
would improve, especially among black voters.
Question 2
1. What was the name of Obama’s plan to stimulate the economy in 2009?
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
1. What was the purpose of the plan?
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was a massive round
of federal spending intended to create new jobs and recover jobs lost in the
Great Recession of 2008
Questions 3 & 4 & 5
What is the affordable care act?
is a comprehensive reform law, enacted in 2010, that increases health insurance
coverage for the uninsured and implements reforms to the health insurance
market.
How does the affordable care act help Americans?
It created the Prevention and Public Health Fund, which has paid for public health
efforts across the country.
Why were some people against “Obamacare?”
because they do not trust their government, and they oppose a government role in
health care.
Question 6: Why do you think Obama appointed 2 women to the Supreme Court?
Because they earned it
Question 7
Based on the graph on the Previous slide, what can you infer about the impact of
the Tea Party on the election process?
The Tea party had the least votes.
12.4 Looking Toward the Future
Question 8
Name three ways the American family has changed between 1980 and 2010
using the chart on the previous slide
1 The marriage rate decrease
2 The rate of unmarried people decreased
3 Life expectancy rate increased
The Environment
On June 25, 2013, President Obama addressed an audience at
Georgetown University on the subject of the environment. Briefly
mentioning that the twelve warmest years in recorded history had
occurred over the course of the previous fifteen years, he focused on
the problems of global warming:
Question 9: What actions can be taken to reduce global warming?
Recycle waste than burn them, plant more trees.
Technology transforms life
The United States continues to benefit from its free enterprise system, which
applies technological innovation in the marketplace. Digital technology in the
form of cellphones, laptops, and tablet devices have all brought about rapid
change in our way of life and have improved our standard of living. The
microchips that were developed for computers have become essential
components of modern televisions, CD players, VCRs, fax machines,
dishwashers, refrigerators, washing machines, and hundreds of other
appliances. This technology helps to regulate traffic, entertain millions of
people, and facilitate shopping through home shopping sites.
Robotics:
What impact does robotics have
on manufacturing?
It increase the productivity
companies.
The
development of digital technologies, such as personal tablets, is
increasing people’s ability to communicate, be efficient, and stay
competitive.
Checking for understanding
10. Which success did the environmental movement achieve
during the 2000s?
A. It increased nationwide interest in green architecture.
B. It persuaded the Obama Administration to outlaw fracking.
C. It resolved the debate about the Keystone XL pipeline project.
D. It passed federal legislation requiring nationwide recycling
programs.
Checking for understanding
11. How did the Immigration Act of 1990 affect immigration in the
United States?
A. It imposed new restrictions on Latino immigrants.
B. It eased immigration restrictions and opened the way for the
largest number of U.S. immigrants in history.
C. It significantly decreased U.S. immigration in the following
years.
D. It revised historical restrictions that limited immigration to
Europeans.
Entrepreneurs: Bill Gates & Sam Walton
What did Bill Gates invent to make home
did computers easy for everyone to use?
Microsoft Windows
What impact did Sam Walton have on the
economy? Creating jobs in rural areas