Modern Era EOC notes

Nineties &

Today

Multiple Choice

Why was President Ronald Reagan criticized for the Iran-Contra Affair?

• His policies involved the sharing of nuclear technology with Iran.

• His policies threatened petroleum trade agreements with Iran

• His administration supported a revolution against an elected leader in Iran.

• His administration violated an embargo by selling weapons to Iran.

Multiple Choice

A song for the grand old Temp’rance tree, That is bearing goodly fruit! Its blessings ev’ry where we see, We praise it, branch and root. We’ll plant it wherever rum shops are, In our native land so far, Till its noble branches spread afar On the golden sunny air! Oh! we’ll gather round The Temp’rance tree, And sing our songs of joy. Till the viper that is in the cup, Shall no more destroy! Till the viper that is in the cup, Shall no more destroy!

These lyrics are representative of a movement that culminated in a constitutional amendment during the —

• Roaring 20's Era

• Reconstruction era

• Harlem Renaissance

• Progressive Era

George H.W. Bush

• In 1989 George H.W. Bush

became the 41st president
us the U.S. after serving as
the Vice President for
Ronald Regan

• An economic recession hit in

1990 and many Americans
and lost their jobs,
especially in the
manufacturing industry

• Bush passed the American

with Disabilities Act which
guaranteed people with
disabilities equal treatment

Day 1

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Multiple Choice

What is the law that gave rights to Americans with disabilities?

• Affordable Healthcare Act

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Reinvestment Act

• Patriot Act

The Gulf War

•In 1990, Saddam
Hussein and Iraq
invaded Kuwait and
took control of its oil
reserves
•The U.S. sent troops to
remove Iraq from
Kuwait
•In a matter of days the
U.S. succeeded and the
Iraqi forces retreated
out of Kuwait

Day 1

Multiple Choice

Why did the United States fight in the Persian Gulf War?

• Iraq financed the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

• Iraq needed help resisting a communist revolution.

• Iraq supplied weapons to al-Qaeda terrorists.

• Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait

Bill Clinton

•In 1993 Bill Clinton(Democrat)
became the 42nd president of
the U.S.
•He quickly passed the Family
and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
which allows workers to take
time off to care for family
members
•First Lady Hillary Clinton
advocated for health care
reform and would later
become Secretary of State in
2009

Day 2

Multiple Choice

Which government positions were held by Hillary Clinton?

• • Speaker of the House of Representatives

  • U.S. Senator from New York

• • Supreme Court Justice

  • President of the United States

• • U.S. Attorney General

  • Governor of Arkansas

• First Lady of the United States

  • Secretary of State

Clinton Impeachment

•Clinton had an affair
with an intern and
when asked about it
lied under oath
•As a result the House
voted to impeach the
President
•The Senate however
voted to keep the
Clinton as president
despite his actions

Day 2

Clinton Foreign Policy

•America’s economy was
boosted by cooperation with
other countries
•The North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
lowered tariffs gradually
between Canada, U.S., and
Mexico to encourage trade
•The U.S. joined the World
Trade Organization (WTO)
which works to facilitate
smoother trading between
countries

Day 2

Entrepreneurs

•An entrepreneur is a
person who starts their
own business
•Steve Jobs co-founded
Apple which has
influenced the way
people world wide
interact with technology
•Sam Walton created
Walmart which has
become the worlds
largest retailer

Day 3

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Bill Gates

•Bill Gates is most famous for
co-founding Microsoft which
boomed throughout the 1990s
•Gates demonstrates the
success entrepreneurs can
have in a free enterprise
system
•Like Andrew Carnegie Gates
has donated a lot of his
fortune to different causes
through the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation

Day 3

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Multiple Choice

Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows.

“Remarks on Presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Samuel M. Walton” This visit is not about Sam Walton’s wealth. He has earned his money, and that’s his business. He’s been generous with his fortune, and that is in the great tradition of America’s commitment to this concept that I call a Thousand Points of Light. . . . You see—you know this, but many around the country might not—you see, he had hit upon a combination that was to form the basis of the strategy of today’s Wal-Mart Stores, smalltown markets for name-brand merchandise sold at a discount. —President George H. W. Bush, March 17, 1992

How did Sam Walton benefit the U.S. economy?

• By investing his money in the space technology industry

• By building jewelry shops that sold luxury goods

• By inventing new technologies that helped create the internet

• By providing jobs in rural areas across the country

Multiple Choice

How did Bill Gates earn the title “World’s Richest Man”?

• By investing in global satellite communications

• By creating social media sites

• By developing computer software

• By creating innovations in cell phone technology

2000 Presidential Election

•The hotly contested 2000
Presidential election was
between Republican George
W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore
•The close election came down
to who won the state of
Florida
•Bush won the state by a
narrow margin and a recount
was issued
•After weeks of controversy the
Supreme Court suspended the
recount and Bush won

Day 4

A Third Party Candidate

•A third party candidate is a
person that runs president
separate from the
Democrat or Republican
Party
•The third party candidate
will almost never win, but
they are able to get their
message out
•The third party candidate
inevitable draws votes
away from the major
political parties which can
influence the outcome of
an election

Day 4

September 11, 2001

•On September 11th, 2001,
terrorist flew two planes
into the World Trade
Center in New York and
the Pentagon in
Washington, D.C.
•Nearly 3,000 Americans
died in the attacks
•Osama bin Laden and his
Islamic Fundamentalist
terrorist group al-Qaeda
took responsibility for the
attacks

Day 5

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War on Terror

•Recently elected President
George Bush declared a global
war on terror and committed
to destroying al-Qaeda and
other terrorist groups
•Afghanistan controlled by
another terrorist group the
Taliban refused to turn over
Bin Laden to the United States
•The United States then
invaded Afghanistan in
October 2001

Day 5

Security Measures

• Following the 9/11 terrorist

attacks President Bush and
congress added security
measures:
1.

Transportation Security
Agency (TSA) – Federal
organization in charge of
security at U.S. airports

2.

USA Patriot Act – Gave
government more power to
search through private
information

3.

Department of Homeland
Security – Group in charge
of America’s safety

Day 5

Multiple Choice

Read the list and answer the question that follows.

U.S. Responses to the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001

• Obtained a pledge of support from NATO and the United Nations

• Passed the USA PATRIOT Act to improve counter-terrorism efforts •

What comes next??

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• Conducted military operations in Afghanistan

• Imposed economic sanctions on Israel

• Provided humanitarian support to Iran

• Declared war against Pakistan

Trouble with Iraq

•President Bush and other
foreign leaders believed
Saddam Hussein (the
dictator of Iraq) had
weapons of mass
destruction
•Although United Nations
inspectors found no such
weapons in Iraq,
President Bush felt
Hussein was hiding them
•President Bush gave
Hussein an ultimatum,
leave the country or we
will invade it

Day 6

The War in Iraq

•In 2003 the U.S. invaded Iraq to
get rid of a leader the U.S. thought
would later attack the U.S. with
weapons of mass destruction
•In March the U.S. invaded and in
April the U.S. had captured the
capital city of Bagdad
•Saddam Hussein was later
captured and turned over to the
Iraqi people who executed him
•Critics of the war point out that it
raised our nations debt and
weapons of mass destruction
were never found

Day 6

Hurricane Katrina

•In 2005 a Category 5
hurricane called
Hurricane Katrina hit
the coastal U.S. along
the Gulf of Mexico
•The city of New Orleans
was flooded and almost
2,000 people were
killed
•It was one of the
deadliest natural
catastrophes in U.S.
history

Day 7

Lessons from Katrina

•New Orleans was built below
sea level and levees were build
to prevent flooding
•During Katrina the levees broke
flooding nearly the entire city
•There was also criticism of the
slow and unorganized response
to Katrina from the state and
federal government
•As a result levee construction
and government response to
natural disasters have
improved

Day 7

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The 2008 Financial Crisis

•In 2008 people across
America could not pay
their mortgage and banks
foreclosed on those
houses
•With millions of people
not able to pay back
banks the money they
borrowed the economy
fell into a deep recession
•This economic time
period is referred to as
the Great Recession

Day 8

Response to the Economic Crisis

•In 2009 congress passed
the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009
•This stimulus package
invested around $800
billion into the economy in
order to save people’s jobs
and attempt to create new
ones
•Many economist report
that the stimulus resulted
in improving the American
economy

Day 8

Multiple Choice

Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 allowed investigators to obtain books, records, papers, documents and other items sought “in connection with” a terror investigation.

Argument For Section 215 Argument Against Section 215 Increased investigative authority is needed to avert a future terrorist attack.

If investigators have these broad powers, the ? will be ignored.

• right to bear arms

• right to a speedy trial

• right to privacy

• right to an attorney

2008 Election

•In 2008 Democrat Barack
Obama defeated
Republican John McCain
•Barak Obama became
the first African American
President in U.S. history
•President Obama
continued to make
history when he
nominated Sonia
Sotomayor to be the first
Hispanic person to serve
on the Supreme Court

Day 9

Multiple Choice

One reason the 2008 presidential election was historically significant is that it was the first time —

• an African American won the presidency

• voters used computerized ballots

• traditionally Republican states voted Democratic

• a Southerner won the vice-presidency

Multiple Choice

What was one effect of rock and roll music on U.S. society during the 1950s?

• Music stores sold fewer musical instruments.

• Fewer musicians gave live musical performances.

• Many religious groups actively supported the new musical culture.

• People were exposed to more diverse musical styles.

Obamacare

•In 2010 Obama and
congress passed the
Affordable Care Act
(Obamacare)
•The goal of this act was to
provide access to health
care to more Americans
•Republicans did not like this
law because the Federal
government mandated
every citizen own health
insurance or face a fine

Day 9

Multiple Choice

Which action was a goal of President Barack Obama’s administration?

• Introducing reforms to health care insurance

• Easing restrictions for gun ownership

• Reducing regulations for offshore drilling

• Requiring women to register for the draft

Technology

•Technological advances
and free enterprise have
had a positive role on the
economy:

• Robotic automated

assembly has increased
production

• The internet provided

more efficient
transportation of
information

• Satellite technology

improved
telecommunications

• Competition resulted in

better products and
performance

Day 10

The Environment

•High use of oil and gas for
energy purposes over the
last century has resulted in
the pollution of our
environment
•Government officials have
tried to help solve the
problem by funding
research for renewable and
clean sources of energy
•Government official have
also placed regulations on
factory emissions

Day 10

American Culture

•The music we listen to, the
foods we eat, the sports
we play, all combine to
create since of American
culture
•With the internet, parts of
our culture are exported
and adopted by other
countries – cultural
diffusion
•The American culture also
adopts parts of the culture
from other countries too

Day 11

Cultural Diffusion

•It is interesting to see
examples of how culture is
shared and moves across
the globe:

• Baseball is one of the most

popular sports in Japan

• Hip Hop music is

downloaded on every
continent

• Skateboarding competitions

are held around the globe

• The largest restaurant chain

in China is KFC (Kentucky
Fried Chicken)

Day 11

Multiple Choice

Which phrase best explains the popularity of American music in China?

• The result of U.S. free trade agreements

• The success of antitrust legislation in China

• The communist control of government in China

• The diffusion of U.S. culture

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