Q4 Student Notes Packet
SVHS
US History
THE NEW FRONTIER AND
THE GREAT SOCIETY
KENNEDY AND
JOHNSON LEAD
AMERICA IN THE
1960S
The 1960 Campaign
Delivered Friday, January 20, 1961
• Kennedy ran against
__________and
won
• His good looks and
charms won over
America
• Nixon did not look
good on
_______________
THE CAMELOT YEARS
• The _________had a
love affair with the
Kennedy Family
• Often referred to as
the Camelot family
they were American
________________
THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST
• JFK surrounded himself
with the “best and the
brightest” available talent
• Hoped to use this to help
solve national and world
___________________
• ___________was his
brother and advisor 
RFK was John’s closest friend
and advisor
THE NEW FRONTIER
• Kennedy’s new program
called: “The New
Frontier”
• ________________,
education, medical care
for the elderly and the
poor, and _____________
exploration were all part
of his vision
THE PEACE CORPS
• __________ launched the
Peace Corps
• It is a volunteer program
to assist developing
nations for ___________
especially in Asia, Africa
and Latin America
• HUGE SUCCESS
A MAN ON
THE MOON
• Finally, on July 20,
1969, America Lands
on the ___________
• Space and defenserelated industries
sprang up in
Southern and
Western __________
Armstrong
“One small step for man, one
giant leap for mankind”
TRAGEDY IN DALLAS
• On a sunny day on November 22,1963, Air Force One
landed in __________________ with JFK and Jackie
• JFK received warm applause from the crowd that lined the
downtown streets of Dallas as he rode in the back seat of
an open-air limousine when ____________ ran out…
LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON BECOMES
PRESIDENT
• Within hours the
Vice-President,
Lyndon Baines
Johnson, became
_______________
• Many Americans
felt something had
______within them
A somber LBJ takes the oath of
office aboard Air Force One with
Jackie next to him
JFK LAID TO REST
Three-year old John Kennedy Jr.
salutes his father’s coffin during
the funeral
• All work ___________ for
Kennedy’s funeral as
America mourned its fallen
leader
• The assassination and the
televised _____________
became historic events
• Like 9-11, Americans can
recall where they were
when they heard the news
of the President’s death
LEE HARVEY OSWALD CHARGED; SHOT TO
DEATH
• A 24-year-old Marine
with a suspicious past
left a palm print on the
___________ used to
kill JFK
• When transferred from
one jail to another,
nightclub owner Jack
Ruby broke through
the crowd and shot
___________ to death
Jack Ruby, right, shoots Oswald,
center, to death 11/24/63
THE GREAT SOCIETY
• Lyndon Johnson (LBJ)
entered
_____________ in
1937 as a congressman
• Followed Kennedy’s
_____________ when
he took office
Senator Johnson pictured in 1958
JOHNSON’S DOMESTIC AGENDA
• As soon as Johnson took
office, he urged Congress
to pass the
________________ bill
that Kennedy had sent to
Capital Hill
• Also pushed through the
____________ Rights Act
and later the Voting Rights
Act
THE WAR ON POVERTY
• Following his tax cut and
Civil Rights Act successes,
LBJ launched his War on
_____________
• Pushed the Economic
Opportunity Act - $1
billion provided to
programs like Job Cop,
Headstart, and
_____________
Program or Law (Chapter 30.3)
OEO
VISTA
Head Start
Medicare
Medicaid
Elementary & Secondary School Act
HUD
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Silent Spring (book that creates 2 laws)
Gideon v Wainwright
Escobedo v Illinois
Miranda v Arizona
Purpose How might it help you
EDUCATION
• After he won the 1964 he
focused on
________________reform:
• The Elementary and
Secondary Education Act
provided $1 billion to help
public schools buy
textbooks and library
materials
• Supported shows like
______________________
HEALTHCARE
• ______________:
provided hospital
insurance and lowcost medical care to
the elderly
• ________________:
provided health
benefits to the poor
_________
• Established:
Department of
Housing and Urban
Development (HUD)
• Allowed to have money
for
__________________
housing
___________
Court
•The Judicial Branch
led by the Supreme
court and Chief
Justice Earl Warren
did much to protect
_____________rights
•Brought reform and
change
IMPACT OF GREAT SOCIETY
• The Great Society and the Warren Court
expanded the ______________ government
and ____________________ rights
• However the Great Society would decline
with the focus being shifted to Vietnam…
Vietnam War
People and Places
• Ho Chi Minh- ____________ who fought for
Vietnam independence
• Vietminh- Ho’s resistance movement (N)
• Dien Bien Phu- Place that the Vietminh
defeated the _________________
• Ngo Dinh Diem- Nationalist leader (S)
supported by USA
• Vietcong- Southern rebels who did not
support Diem
Independence
• Occupied by ________________
frequently until 1400s
• Occupied by France from mid-1800s
until 1940s when Communism set in
• US tried to help France and stop
Commies
• Dien Bien Phu falls and French
________________
Diem
• Divided at 17th parallel, China supported N
and French had the S
• Diem elected president of the S (1955)
• Diem was _____________ and unpopular
• Vietcong formed
– Communists gave support
– Cruel govt
– _____________
War Escalates
• JFK sends troops for Diem
• ______________ revolt and Diem is
overthrown
• Tonkin Gulf Resolution gives president “all
measures necessary to prevent __________”
• LBJ starts draft in 1965
• Operation Rolling Thunder- bombing the N
• Ho Chi Minh trail- network of jungle paths
Ground War
• _________________ - jellied gasoline
• Cluster bombs- razor sharp shrapnel
• ________________ (Agent Orange)destroys foliage
• Search and destroy missions
• Pacification- move the people, burn the
village
• Focused on body count
Failing Morale
• Persistent fighting by Vietnamese
• Death and destruction shown on ___
• _____________ (opposed war) and
Hawks (pro-war)
• SDS Students for a Democratic
Society- Anti-war movement
• SNCC- # of African Americans in NAM
Turning Point
• Tet Offensive- North Vietnam attacked,
but the USA won
• Public criticism increased
• 1969- secret fighting in ______________
• Kissinger and Vietnamization- replace US
forces with Vietnamese troops
–Peace with _______________
–Stable anticommunist govt long enough to
pull out
___________State
• Protestors at the university for Cambodian
bombings
• National Guard sent to control after ROTC
office set on _____________
• Someone shot randomly into group killing 4
Ending Nam
• Nixon re-elected
• Passes _______ amendment- 18 can vote
• _______________ worked out a plan
–Cease-fire
–Pullout all foreign troops
–End of US military aid
• Plan failed, mass evacuation
• The Wall in DC
The 1970s
Richard Nixon
• Elected in 1968 – Republican –
called for “peace with honor”
• (U.S. is still in ____________
until 1973)
• Domestic Policy: New
Federalism
– Economy – ______________
– Cut federal spending
especially Great Society
programs (still at war) –
recession
Domestic Policies (cont)
– Changed to Keynesian
economics and deficit
spending
– Dollar off __________
standard – devalued
– Social Security benefits
raised
– Appointed 4 Conservative
Supreme Court Justices
• __________ v. Wade
• United States v. Nixon
Domestic Policies (cont)
• ____________ Powers Act
–Notify Congress w/in 48 hrs of
sending in troops
–Congressional approval over 60 days
• ___________ Majority – white
Southerners disillusioned by
Democrats too liberal leanings
Foreign Policies
Kissinger (Sec of State, NSA) idea that foreign policy should be
not on moral principles but on maintaining strength (Realpolitik)
___________________- Relaxing the tension between USA
and USSR, and USA and China (both “evil” Communist Countries)
• China - 1949-1970 US act if China doesn’t exist
–
–
–
–
–
25% of worlds Population - TOO Big to ignore
Nixon- Recognizes China 1970; visits 1972
Set up formal relations
This put _______________on edge
US and China now on speaking terms
• USSR
–
–
–
–
Nixon visited USSR as well
Agreed to work together on space, trade and weapons
Showed willingness to work w/ each other
Cold War Tensions are reduced
Foreign Policy (cont)
SALT talks
– SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) signed
• Limits ICBM and SLBM (submarine)
• Limited some Nukes
• No limit on warheads-actual bomb part
• Shows gov’t concern for ________________ threat
– Leads to change in Nuke technology
• Quantity is limited, ______________ doesn’t matter
• More powerful smaller warheads
• Leads to Salt II (1974) and more reductions
Foreign Issues
• USA supports Israel in 1973 Arab- Israeli War
• Israel vs. Syria and Egypt over territory
• Israel wins quickly
• ________________ (Arab members) start oil
embargo
–Gas prices increase ___________%
overnight
–Leads to inflation in US
–OPEC and US now see the political power
of oil
Oil Crisis
• OPEC - Middle Eastern
countries refused oil to
U.S. causing a shortage,
inflation, loss of jobs.
• The oil embargo is
lifted one year later
• Prices ____________
• Speed limits set at
__________ mph
Scandal
• Watergate Break-in –
1972
• Vice-President Spiro
Agnew resigns for
failure to pay _______
• Gerald Ford appointed
VP by the Senate
• Watergate scandal
breaks
• Nixon _____________
• Nixon Resigns – 1974
• Nixon’s resignation –
Ford inaugurated
• Faith in government
destroyed when
Ford
_____________
Nixon - 1974
–Freedom of
Information Act
–Fall of S. Vietnam
–Fall of ___________
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
• Elected 1976
• Created Dept of Energy, Dept of
Education, Environmental
Protection Agency – starts Earth
Day
–In response to Rachel Carson’s
___________Spring
• 26th Amendment passed –
__________ yrs old can vote
Carter’s Foreign Relations
• _______________ rights diplomacy
– Cut off aid to any country violating
• Zimbabwe, Argentina, Chile
• Arranged peace between Egypt and Israel in Camp
David Accords – opposed by the PLO
• Cold War
– Continued détente with USSR and China
– SALT II Treaty – limit size and amount of nuclear
weapons
– USSR invaded Afghanistan Dec 1979
• _________________ 1980 Olympics in Moscow
• Embargo on USSR goods
Iranian Hostage Crisis
• US supported Iran to keep them from being comm.
and they had oil
• The ___________of Iran – cruel to subjects –
opposed his westernization and help of US - which
are planning an assassination. He escapes and is
protected by the US
• Ayatollah ________________ takes over govt
• Iranians take 52 Amer. hostages from the US
embassy in exchange for the Shah.
• Failed rescue attempt by the US
• Resolved 444 days later by Carter through
negotiation.
America in Transition
• Change in immigration – more Latin American than
others
– End of ________________
– 12 million illegally entered immigrants by mid - 70s
• Minority Rights – changing employment restrictions,
improving education opportunities, health care, etc…
– Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Alternative Lifestyle
– Bakke v. University of California
• Environment
– Clean Air Act
– ___________________ Island
– Love Canal - Clean Water Act
Popular Culture
• Music – Disco: Bee Gees, Osmonds, Jackson 5,
David Bowie – Punk: Ramones, Billy Idol –
Reggae: Bob Marley
• Movies – ___________, Star Wars, Rocky,
Saturday Night Fever
• TV – Brady Bunch, _________________,
Dukes of Hazard
• Fashion: Leggs pantyhose, hot pants, platform
shoes, gold chains, butterfly collars
Technology
• ________________ –
Intel microchip –
Apple 1976
• Food Processor
• Video Games
• CAT Scan
• MRI Scan
• Skylab – unmanned
space station
• _____________
Style of the 1980s
Conservative Shift
-switch from “public action to private
interest”
less federal gov’t action and
entitlement programs; more
community action
Conservatives hoped their
ideas would help to reduce
the nation’s high divorce
rate, lower the number of
out-of-wedlock births,
encourage individual
responsibility, and generally
revive traditional values.
______________ programs provide
benefits to particular groups
- New Right, Conservative Coalition,
Moral Majority
Return to __________ American
values
-1980 election of Ronald Reagan and
George Bush
Ran against Jimmy Carter
“Our nation’s internal
problems are the direct
result of her spiritual
condition…Right living
must be established as an
American way of
life…Now is the time to
begin calling America
back to God, back to the
Bible, back to morality.”
Rev. Jerry Falwell
Reagan~Bush in 1980
Four Major Tenets of the
Conservative Movement:
1. Shrinking the federal
government and lowering
spending
2. Promoting traditional
_____________ and values
3. Stimulating business by
reducing government
regulations and lowering
taxes
4. Strengthening the national
____________________
1980 Election Results
“I’m talking in human terms and he is hiding behind a dictionary. If
he wants a definition, I’ll give him one. A recession is when your
neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. A
recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.”
Ronald Reagan, 1980 Campaign
Reaganomics
How It Works…
-cutting government spending
Money
for
business
Decrease
Taxes
Mainly on social programs that
effected more limited groups
- lowering of taxes to promote
_______________
-supply-side economics
Business
hires
more
Economy
Grows
Business
produces
more
-”____________down economics”
Give tax cuts to the wealthy
Wealthy will put more money into
economy and pay employees more
-economy began to respond to policies
-great deficit spending however lead to
tax increases
Cold War Escalates
-Reagan had been a hardliner against
communism
Refers to USSR as the “Evil
Empire”
-increased military spending
Star Wars or SDI
Shield over the US using ___________
Would shoot down nuclear missiles
-increase in nuclear arsenal
-Soviet system starts to
_____________ by late 80’s
Spending too much on weapon stockpile
Between 1981
and 1984, the
Defense
budget almost
doubled.
The Strategic
Defense
Initiative alone
would cost in
the trillions of
dollars.
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”
Increased Military Spending on Cold War
The Challenger Explosion
We watched a video in class. Write a little about what happened and the
impact.
Conservative Policies
-Reagan and Bush appoint conservative
justices
Chief Justice William Rehnquist
(most conservative justice on court)
Sandra Day _______________
Conservative Justice Appointments
First female Supreme Court justice
Clarence Thomas
Second African American Supreme
Court justice
-__________________of the economy
lowered prices in some industries and
increased competition, but created
some scandals
-Savings and Loan Bailouts
1984 Election Results
In the 1984 election of Reagan against Walter Mondale, Reagan took the
electoral votes of every state except Minnesota and Washington, D.C.
Reagan had gained the approval, through various aspects of his presidency,
of business people, southern voters, western states, and Reagan Democrats.
Social Issues
-_______________
Destroys immune system
Contracted through bodily
fluids
By mid-1996 the
World Health
Organization
estimated that
more than 27.9
million children
and adults
around the
world would be
infected with
AIDS.
Early victims were
homosexual or intravenous
drug users
-Drug Abuse
____________________
Anti-Drug Campaign led by
Nancy Reagan
Reagan and Bush cracked
down on users and dealers
Education Reforms
-”A _______________at Risk”
1983 report stating that American
education was becoming mediocre
compared to world
-educational debate about reform:
School voucher debate
Students/parents should have a
choice in school they attend
- Educational _________ programs
Make teachers and kids
accountable for learning
23 million American
were unable to follow
an instruction manual
or fill out a job
application. Many 17
year olds could not
read a paragraph and
draw an intelligent
conclusion or
distinguish between
Florida and Russia on
an outline map.
Equal Rights Struggle
-_____fails, equal pay issues remain
-African Americans are elected to
major political positions
-Women make political advances
Sandra Day O’Connor
Geraldine ______________
“As a bureau chief in the district attorney’s
office…I learned that I was being paid less
than men with similar responsibilities. When
I asked why, I was told ‘you don’t really need
the money, Gerry, you’ve got a husband.”
First female to run for V-P of US
in 1984
- Geraldine Ferraro-
No sex discrimination in education
Title IX
-Affirmative Action debated
Giving minorities preference over
white males if equally qualified
-Gay rights
Hate crimes, discrimination
Latin American
Intervention
- Reagan begins US effort to help
Nicaraguan rebels fighting
Communism
- _________________ Scandal--weapons
secretly sold to Iran in
exchange for money to be given
to anti-communism Contras of
Nicaragua
-Grenada---effort to prevent
communist rule invade and get
rid of communist leaders
-_______________--arrest of
General Noriega to stop flow of
illegal drugs
In 1989,
President Bush
sent 20,000
soldiers and
marines into
Panama to
overthrow and
arrest Manuel
Noriega on
charges of drug
trafficking. In
April of 1992, he
was sentenced to
40 years in
prison.
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Cold War in Europe
and Asia
-Soviets withdraw some troops in
late 80’s
-Democracy movements begin
-Nov. 1989 Berlin Wall is
________________
-Yugoslavia breaks apart and
fighting begins
-China experiences democratic
protests
Tiananmen Square
1989 _____________ Square
Massacre
Chinese government kills
hundreds of protestors, running
over some with tanks
US does not respond to keep
good relations with China
Soviet Collapse
-Mikhail Gorbachev comes to
power,
1985-Soviet economy is horrible
Spend too much on defense,
not on citizens
Gorbachev has new policies
-Glasnost “_____________”
-Perestroika “Free Enterprise”
-1991 coup attempted
Boris _____________
Leads Soviet Union after
Gorbachev resigns
-14 Republics of USSR begin to
separate Soviet Union
collapses
-Nuclear concerns
“The new Soviet leader,
Mikhail Gorbachev, was
turning the Cold War
formulas on their head.
Ronald Reagan…had the
vision and flexibility,
lacking in many Cold
Warriors, to recognize that
Gorbachev was a new man
in a new age offering new
opportunities for peace.”
Colin Powell
Conservative Successor
-Reagan won a landslide
election in 1984
-George _____________ won
the 1988 election
-strong foreign policy career
and former VP
-makes mistake with “Read
my Lips, no new ________”
-policies suffer because of
poor economy
-gridlock in gov’t appears
“We went
halfway
around the
world to do
what is moral
and just and
right…We’re
coming home
now proud,
confident,
heads held
high…We are
Americans.”
-George Bush-
Desert War
Persian Gulf War
-George Bush’s Presidency
-Iraq invades __________
Saddam Hussein
Leader of Iraq
US fears oil is in
jeopardy and attack on
Saudi Arabia
-Operation Desert Shield
US and UN troops push
Iraqis back to their
border, but do not
overthrow
_____________
80s fashion
•
•
•
•
•
•
Leg warmers
Crimped ____________
T-shirt Clips
Side pony tail
Rebook _______
LA Gear
• Jelly shoes
• Stonewashed
___________
• _______________
• Puff paint
80s popular culture
• Jazzercise
• _______
• VCRs
80s Music
Blondie
Bruce Springsteen
Cher
David Bowie
Depeche Mode
Dire Straits
Dolly Parton
Duran Duran
Garth Brooks
John Lennon
Lionel Richie
Madonna
Michael Jackson
New Kids On The
Block
Olivia Newton-John
Paul McCartney
Paula Abdul
Phil Collins
Prince
Queen
R.E.M
The Bangles
The Cure
Election of 1992
-post Gulf war recession
Americans more concerned with
paychecks than foreign policy
-George _____________(Republican)
Seems out of touch with average
American
-Bill Clinton (Democrat)
New Democrat: spend money on citizens,
while reforming welfare and aiding private
business
-Ross ____________(Reform Party)
Third party candidate who takes votes
from Bush
-economy was the main point of the
campaign
Bill Clinton Wins 1992 Election
After the US victory in the Persian Gulf
War, George Bush’s popularity had
soared to an 88 % approval rating. In
early 1992, however, his approval had
declined to 44% as the worsening
recession reduced American incomes
and increased unemployment. In his
run for reelection, Bush tried to appeal
to voters on the basis of his foreign
policy triumphs, but voters cared more
about their pocketbooks. He could not
convince the public that he had a clear
strategy to end the recession and
create jobs.
Election of 1992
Clinton Administration
-increase in taxes
•trying to reduce deficit spending
-anti-crime initiatives
“Get Tough” policies; crime rate decreases
More ___________shootings and acts of terror
were occurring (Columbine, OK City, WTC)
-national healthcare debated
Developed by Hillary Clinton but never passed
-__________________signed
North American Free Trade Agreement (Eliminate
barriers to trade between US, MX, and Canada)
-Brady Bill
Waiting period on purchasing hand guns
-Family Medical Leave
Employers cannot fire individuals who must take
leave due to family emergencies
Oklahoma City Bombing
We watched a video in class. Write a little about what happened and the impact.
The North American Free Trade
Agreement lowered tariffs and brought
Mexico into the free-trade zone. Critics
argued that the agreement would weaken
environmental regulations and cause
more American jobs to be lost to foreign
nations. Supporters believed that the
agreement would strengthen all the
economies involved and bring more jobs
to the US as more goods were sold in
Mexico.
Trade with Mexico skyrocketed, but the
effect of the agreement on US jobs and
the environment are inconclusive.
Contract with America
-Republican party goals
10 items favored by the
conservative electorate
tax relief
stricter immigration laws
term limits (congressional)
balanced _____________
welfare reform
tougher ___________ laws
-meant to reduce the size of federal
government
Passed nine of the ten within the
first 100 days of the Congress
Clinton and a Republican Congress could
not see eye to eye on the path of the nation.
Clinton’s 2nd Term
-Scandals
-Whitewater __________
Issue
Accused of improperly using
money from a land deal in his
campaign for governor in 1984
-___________________
Personal scandal
Affair with Monica Lewinsky
Allegations of perjury
Lied about affair under oath
Impeachment (For perjury and
obstruction of justice)
World Involvement
-U.S. is only remaining
superpower
Clinton used US troops to end
conflicts overseas
-______________ (Africa)
relief of starvation
Severe famine and civil war
US troops assisted in UN relief
effort
War lords controlled nation
US troops attacked by civilians
while trying to get food to
_____________
Clinton withdrew troops
During an operation to capture key warlords in
Mogadishu, two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters were
shot down by rocket-propelled grenades, and three
others were damaged. Some of the soldiers were
able to evacuate, but others were trapped at the
crash sites and cut off. An urban battle ensued
throughout the night. Eighteen US soldiers were killed
and 73 wounded. Civilians dragged one dead
American pilot through the streets of Mogadishu.
Michael Durant, the only surviving pilot of the
downed Black Hawk helicopters, was taken captive
and released 11 days later.
World Involvement
-Balkans (Yugoslavia)
_______________ cleansing reported
in Kosovo, Bosnia
•Serbians killing and expelling Albanians
from their homes
•US launched air strikes on Serbia and
stationed troops to keep peace
-Haiti
prevent dictatorship
-Israel and the PLO
Middle East Peace
•Peace between _____________
Liberation Organization (led my Yasir
Arafat) and Israel
•Concerned the Gaza Strip and the West
Bank
•Later agreements would fail and more
violence would result
In Kosovo in 1999, between 10,000 and 12,000
ethnic Albanians were killed, most by Serbs
participating in Ethnic Cleansing. The movement
was led by Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic .
Over 3,000 Albanians are still missing.
Steve Jobs and
Steve Wozniak , the
inventors of the first
Apple computer.
(left) Dolly the
sheep was the first
cloned mammal
from an adult cell.
(bottom)
Modern Agenda
-computer age
Microsoft,
______________
-Genetics
DNA testing,
___________, gene
therapy, embryonic
testing
-environmental concerns
air quality, acid rain,
global warming,
recycling
Immigration Concerns
-Highest immigration rates since
turn of century
Mainly ______________ and
Asian immigrants
-possible strain on economy and
infrastructure
Jobs, taxes, government benefits
-illegal aliens
8.7 million illegal immigrants in
2003
-Proposition _______in California
Cut all education and nonemergency health benefits to
illegal immigrants
Law ruled unconstitutional
The 2000 census
indicated that if
current trends
continue, by 2050
Latinos will become
the nation’s largest
minority community
overall. More than
2,000 legal and
4,000-10,000 illegal
immigrants arrive
each day. About
4,000 of the illegal
are deported shortly
after arrival.
Election of 2000
-Al Gore (Democrat, Clinton VP)
-George W. Bush (Republican)
-very close election
Florida was the deciding vote
Following the 2000 election, Bush tried to bring the
nation together, declaring, “I was not elected to serve
one party but to serve one nation. Whether you voted
for me or not, I will do my best to serve your
interests. Following the September 11, 2001 tragedy,
the nation did come together and Bush’s approval
rating went to 80%.
-Bush wins electoral vote but Gore
wins popular vote
-______________votes disputed
Votes so close, leads to automatic
recount
Bush wins first recount by 500
votes
Gore demands ___________recount
Republicans sue to stop recount
-Supreme Court rules first Florida
results as final because no set
standard of judging votes can be
set.
2000-2015
Background to the Attacks
Osama bin Laden
Al Qaeda
• Member of a wealthy Saudi
Arabian family
• Made a number of threats against
the United States
• Wanted to start a worldwide
_________________ revolution
• Connected to the bombings of the
U.S. embassies in Kenya and
Tanzania
• Angry at the presence of American
military in Saudi Arabia during the
Gulf War
• Developed a terrorist network
called al Qaeda, or “the base”
• Had links to a 1993 bombing at the
World Trade Center
• Trained attackers that killed
American soldiers in Somalia
• Clinton launched a missile attack
into an al Qaeda training camp in
____________________.
• Carried out a bomb attack against
the USS Cole
• Terrorists entered the United States
in 2000 and enrolled in flight schools
to learn to fly airplanes.
America’s Changes
-September 11, 2001
-Terrorists attack the World Trade
Center, ___________________
On September 11, 2001, nineteen hijackers and
2,974 other people died as an immediate result of
the attacks. Another 24 people are missing and
presumed dead.
-Four planes are hijacked and used as
weapons
-Osama Bin Laden leads the Al Qaeda
terrorist group which carried out the
attacks
-War in Afghanistan
Harboring Al Qaeda
US broke up Al Qaeda and Afghanistan
held free elections
-Homeland Security Concerns
• Created Department of Homeland
Security
• ______________Act
Expanded the powers of the federal
government in order to fight terrorism
In an effort to end terrorism, the President and
Congress passed the Patriot Act. Among its
provisions, it increased the ability of law
enforcement agencies to search telephone and email communications and medical, financial and
other records; eased restrictions on foreign
intelligence gathering within the United States; and
enhanced the discretion of law enforcement and
immigration authorities in detaining and deporting
immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts.
How did the United States respond to
the attacks?
War in Afghanistan
• A group known as the
______________ ruled in
Afghanistan.
• Governed according to strict
Islamic law
• Close relationship with bin Laden
• Bush demanded that the Taliban
seize bin Laden and give him to the
United States.
• The Taliban refused and so on
October 7, 2001, the United States
and Great Britain attacked the
Taliban in Afghanistan.
Results of the War
• U.S. and British troops relied on
fighters of Afghanistan’s Northern
Alliance—a group that opposed the
Taliban.
• The Taliban was defeated by early
December.
• Bin Laden, however, managed to
avoid being captured – until
_____________
• Afghanization began end of
2011 and is due to end 2015
• 2218 U.S. deaths
Fighting Terrorism at Home
Department of Homeland Security
created
____________- which made it easier for
law enforcement to secretly collect
information about suspected terrorists.
Critics claimed this act gave law
enforcement too much power and posed a
threat to basic freedoms.
After 9/11 the nation experienced another type of
terrorist threat: deliberate anthrax poisoning.
The crisis was limited to a handful of specific locations,
but it alarmed the _____________________people.
Post 9/11 America
-Stock Market boom of the 1990’s
ended
-Corporate Scandals
Example: _____________Scandal
- Insider Trading
-War on Terrorism
- Iraq
Believed to have weapons of mass
destruction
Overthrew and captured
__________________, set up
democratic government, and wrote
new constitution
- Continued budget deficits
George W. Bush’s domestic policy
• As Bush took office the economy
slowed.
– ______________ profits failed to
appear.
– Stock prices were hurt by dishonest
accounting practice scandals.
– Refunded American citizens from
surplus
• Bush pushed tax cuts to fulfill
campaign promises and to spur the
slumping economy.
– New laws cut taxes, reduced the
marriage penalty, and lowered the
estate tax.
– The economy did not improve, it went
into a ___________________.
Bush’s Domestic Policy (cont)
Education
• Bush announced the
_______________________________
to improve education.
• States were required to develop
academic standards and test students
annually to ensure that the standards
were being met.
Health
Care
• In 2003 Bush updated the
Medicare program.
• Included a benefit to help
Medicare recipients pay for
prescription medicine.
“They
that can give up
essential liberty to
obtain a little
temporary safety
deserve neither
liberty nor safety”
– Benjamin Franklin
War in Iraq
• Iraq was to destroy its weapons of
mass destruction (____________) after
the Persian Gulf War and allow UN
weapons inspectors in.
• Many of America’s longtime allies
advised __________________ going to
war, but Bush insisted that Iraq was a
threat and invaded Iraq in March 2003.
• Iraqiazation – beginning 2009 –
________________ of combat troops
completed in Aug 2010, the remaining
to be complete by end of 2011
Election 2008
Barack Obama
(___________)
- First AfricanAmerican to be
elected
President –
“Change is
Coming”
Obama’s New “New Deal”
• Stimulus Bill – American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act - $787 billion
• Universal ____________________
• Tax credit for college expenses
• Industry recovery plans
• Reduce inner city ______________ and violence
• Environmental protection – over 2 million acres
_______________________
• Globalization is seen not just as an economic process,
but as a process of the world becoming increasingly
interconnected--and also as one in which values are
becoming more oriented to a global context, and
international institutions are playing a more central
role.
• Cultural – American products worldwide, languages
(820 mil Mandarin, 329 mil Spanish, 328 mil English)
• Political – more democracy, individual freedoms
• Economic impact
– Offshore ____________________
Immigration
• Immigration - Mexico, India, the Philippines, and
China are the largest portion of immigrants that are
limited to 700,000 per year
– ______________ immigrant debates occur regularly
Changes in Technology
• Technology – constant
improvements rapidly
changing society
– Texting
– ________________
– Social networking
– ________________
– i products
– 3D movies and TV
Challenges Ahead
• Middle East – Israeli and PLO
negotiations are ongoing –
the UN recognized Palestine
• ___________– ongoing Civil
War may come to U.S. /UN
intervention
• The Home Front – signs of
economic recovery
– 5.5% national unemployment
rate
– 7.1% in Nevada
• ____________–
suspected of developing a
nuclear-weapons program
• N. Korea – tested nuclear
weapons and challenging
S. Korea
• Federal Deficit growing
• Natural disasters
Events
• _______________– Dec 2004 – Indian Ocean
killed 230,000
• Hurricane Katrina – Aug 2005-1500 dead , $6
billion in clean up efforts
• Gulf Oil Spill – July 2010 - 4.9 million barrels
(210 billion gallons)
• 2012 active shooters
• Boston _________________ Bombings
2013
•
•
•
•
•
Federal Govt shutdown
Boston Marathon Blasts
____________
Pope Benedict XVI resigned
_______________________
2014
•
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US Cuba Relations warm
World Oil prices drop
_________ Virus outbreak
Malaysia Air plane crashes
_____________
Ukraine Crisis
Polar Vortex