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Passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act Parties: Lincoln’s Republicans were concerned mainly with preventing the extension of slavery into the territories, while Democrats were split North-South over the issue Parties: Modern-day Republicans tend to emphasize business activity while modern-day Democrats support broad social programs

• Malcolm X

• Evolution of the Major Political Parties from Civil War to Modern Day

• Escobedo Illonois

• Barack Obama

Forty-fourth President Member of the Democratic Party First African American to be elected President Signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February 2009

• Hurricane Katrina

• George W. Bush

• Barack Obama

• Bill Clinton

A large hurricane that caused major destruction and loss of life along the Gulf Coast of the United States The levee system in New Orleans, Louisiana, flooded due to catastrophic failure; water covered the city and nearby areas for weeks, and more than 1500 people died The federal government was widely blamed for its slow response to the crisis, and the federal, state, and local governments were criticized for their lack of communication Issues of race, poverty, and political power were debated nationwide as news of the tragedy spread The levee failures led to investigations of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which had designed and built them, and into local levee boards that managed the system

• Effects of the Collapse of Soviet Union

• Wars in Iraq

  and Afghanistan

• September 11, 2001

• Hurricane Katrina

Began on October 7, 2001, as U.K forces responded to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States Objectives include ending the safe haven of Al Qaeda fighters and ending the Taliban’s reign War in Iraq began on March 20, 2003, with an invasion of multinational forces War based on U.S. and U.K. claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, which posed threats to them and their allies United States continues to fight in Iraq to support democracy and human rights and to end the threat of terrorism

• September 11, 2001

• Wars in Iraq

  and Afghanistan

• Branch Davidian Incident

• Oklahoma City Bombing

Day of attacks by terrorist cells connected to the Al Qaeda network, which was led by Osama bin Laden, a Saudi dissident Al Qaeda operatives hijacked two airliners and crashed them into New York’s World Trade Center, destroying the buildings and killing thousands Another hijacked plane hit the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. A final hijacked plane was diverted from its mission, crashing in Pennsylvania As a result of the attacks, Congress passed the USA Patriot Act, which broadened government authority to gather intelligence and further defined crimes that were punishable as terrorism Attacks led to the invasion of Afghanistan

• Oklahoma City Bombing

• September 11, 2001

• Black Monday

  (Stock Market Crash)

• Branch Davidian Incident

Former Texas governor sworn into office in 2001 Won presidential race after the Democratic nominee and former vice president, Al Gore, conceded following a voting ordeal in Florida Gore had more popular votes than Bush but fewer electoral votes Passed initiatives in attempts to improve education (No Child Left Behind Act) His declaration against terrorism led to the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq Son of former president, George Bush Re-elected in 2004

• Ronald Reagan

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• George W. Bush

Timothy Mc Veigh destroyed the Oklahoma City Federal Building with a fertilizer bomb 168 people were killed in the destruction caused by the explosion McVeigh said he was upset with the government about the Branch Davidian fiasco and the events at Ruby Ridge McVeigh was executed by lethal injection in 2001

• Wars in Iraq

  and Afghanistan

• Ralph Nader

• Oklahoma City Bombing

• Watts Riots

Apocalyptic Christian group founded during the 1930s David Koresh and his followers lived at a compound outside Waco, Texas A shootout occurred between the FBI, ATF, and Branch Davidians as a warrant for illegal weapons and child abuse was attempted to be served Four federal agents and five Branch Davidians were killed A fifty-one day standoff occurred, ending with the burning of the compound and the death of Koresh and the rest of his followers

• Watts Riots

• George W. Bush

• Black Monday

  (Stock Market Crash)

• Branch Davidian Incident

Former law professor, attorney general of Arkansas, and governor of Arkansas Achieved gun control measures, a strong economy, acts supporting time off for family leave, and welfare reform Led the United States into joining the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), lifting trade barriers between the United States, Canada, and Mexico Became the second president to be impeached by the House of Representatives after an extra-marital affair with Monica Lewinsky

• Bill Clinton

• Persian Gulf War

• START

• Ronald Reagan

Break-up of nations created new foreign policy challenges in Europe and Asia as well as a proliferation of weaponry Provided new opportunities for United States trade Left former Soviet territories with challenges in political stability and corruption

• Bill Clinton

• Persian Gulf War

• Effects of the Collapse of Soviet Union

• Oklahoma City Bombing