Obama (pt. five)

Obama makes history in 2008, becoming the
first Black President of the United States.

Multiple Choice

Why was the election of Barack Obama historical?

• He was a famous actor before becoming President.
• He was born in Europe.
• He was the first African American President of the United States.
• He was the first President to serve three terms.

Multiple Choice

What three Presidents were Senators before winning their presidential Election?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton
• George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln
• Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, Warren G. Harding
• Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, George H. W. Bush

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

January 29, 2009

Multiple Choice

Why is the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act important?

• It limits the ability of individuals to seek legal recourse for pay disparities.
• It helps to address pay discrimination by allowing individuals more time to file a lawsuit.
• It promotes gender-based discrimination in the workplace.
• It encourages unequal pay practices among employers.

Affordable Care Act

March 23, 2010

As of 2024, there have been more than 2,000
challenges in state and federal courts.

As

May 2, 2011 Osama Bin Laden was killed by
U.S. special forces.

Iraq War Ends

December 15, 2011

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was repealed

September 20, 2011

Multiple Choice

What has been the impact of repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell

• Negative impact, leading to increased discrimination within the military.
• Positive impact, allowing LGBTQ+ individuals to serve openly in the military.
• No impact, as LGBTQ+ individuals were already serving openly.
• Mixed impact, with some LGBTQ+ individuals facing backlash for being open about their identity.

Obergefell v. Hodges

June 26, 2015

https://youtu.be/nCLtycb7yYQ

Deepwater Horizon April 20, 2010

Women cracking/shattering the glass
ceiling in politics.

•1st Woman & African American to seek
the Democractic Party Nomination was
Shirley Chisholm.

**There had been other women
who had run for President in the
past, but always on a third party
ticket

Reagan will appoint the first female to
the Supreme Court..Sandra Day O’Conner.

2nd: Ruther Bader Ginsburg was appointed by

Clinton

3rd: Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina on the

SCOTUS, was appointed by Obama.

4th: Elena Kagan was appointed by Obama

5th: Amy Coney Barrett

was appointed by Trump.

6th: Kentaji Brown Jackon, first African American female,was appointed by Biden.

The first woman on the Democratic
Ballot was Geraldine Ferraro in 1984.
Mondale picked her as his VP nominee.
Walter Mondale had been Carter’s VP,
and he is credited for making the VP a
major player.

At one point, Nancy Pelosi was the
highest-ranking elected women in United
States history.
• She held the Speaker of the House

position from 2007-2011.

• She took back the Speaker of the

House position between 2019-2023.

The first woman on the Republican Ballot
was Sara Palin, Governor of Alaska, in
2008. She was McCain’s VP nominee.

These three women have been the
highest-ranking women in the history of
the Cabinet, having held the post
of Secretary of State, the most senior
cabinet position. Madeleine Albright
passed away March 23, 2022

Madeleine Albright Condoleezza Rice Hillary Clinton

The Election of 2016 saw the first
woman in history at the top of a major
party ticket. She won the popular vote,
but lost the electoral college.