Happy Tuesday!!!

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Happy Tuesday!!!

• Take out your SOL packet so I can check it
• We will do an SOL Quiz and then get started!!!

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Modern America

• Issues in Modern America

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The Supreme Court

• Membership of the US Supreme Court has changed to
  become more diverse
• Includes women and minorities
• Sandra Day OConnor (1st woman SC Justice), Ruth
  Bader Ginsburg and Clarence Thomas
• The decisions of the SC have expanded individual
  rights in the years since Brown v. Board of
  Education (1954)
• The Civil Rights Movement provided a model that
  other groups have used to extend civil rights and
  promote equal justice

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The Supreme Court continued

• The SC protects the individual rights detailed in
  the Constitution of the United States
• The SC identifies a constitutional basis for a
  right to privacy that is protected from
  government interference
• The SC invalidates acts and executive actions
  that justices agree exceed the authority granted
  to govt officials by the Constitution of the
  United States

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Women

• More jobs and more women in the workforce-
  different jobs
• Lawyers, doctors, CEOs
• Major issue for women
• equitable pay
• Glass ceiling (women couldnt advance further
  than a man)
• Affordable day care
• Pink collar jobs (low paying, low prestige jobs)

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Immigration

• Immigration has increased American diversity and
  redefined American identity
• Many immigrants from Asian and Latin American,
  Middle Eastern countries
• Reasons for immigration include
• Political freedom
• Economic opportunity

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Issues related to immigration policy

• Strain on govt services
• Welfare, etc.
• Filling low-paying jobs in the United States
• Border issues
• Arizona, Texas
• Pathway to citizenship
• Naturalization
• Bilingual Education
• ELL (ESL)
• Increasing cultural diversity

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Contributions of Immigrants

• Diversity in music, visual arts, and literature
• Roles in labor force
• Achievements in science, engineering, and other
  fields

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Space advances

• 1960s, JFK increased support for the American
  space program
• John Glenn- first American to orbit Earth
• 1969, Neil Armstrong first to walk on the moon
• thats one small step for man one giant leap
  for mankind
• Sally Ride- first female American astronaut

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Technology

• Over the past 3 decades, improved technology and
  media have brought about better access to
  communication and information for businesses and
  individuals in both urban and rural areas
• As a result, many more Americans have access to
  global information and viewpoints

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technological advances

• Space exploration
• Space shuttle
• Mars rover
• Voyager missions
• Hubble telescope
• Communications
• Satellites
• Global positioning system (GPS)
• Personal communication devices (cell phones)
• Robotics

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Changes in work, school and health care

• Telecommuting
• Online course work
• Growth of the service industry
• Breakthroughs in medical research
• Jonas Salk- polio vaccine (1950s)
• Improved medical diagnostics
• Imaging technologies
• Outsourcing and off shoring

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Ronald Reagan

• Reagans policies had an impact on the
  relationship between the federal government and
  state governments
• Reagan and conservative Republicans advocated
  for
• Tax cuts
• Transfer of responsibilities to state governments
• Appointment of judges/justices who exercised
  judicial restraint
• Reduction in number and scope of government
  programs and regulations
• Strengthening of US military

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Reagan Revolution

• Extended beyond his presidency
• The election of his vice president, George H.W.
  Bush
• The election of centrist Democrat, William J.
  Clinton
• The Republican sweet of congressional elections
  and statehouses in the 1990s
• The election of George W. Bush as president

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Federal government and the Economy

• Fed govt bases its decision on economic
  indicators such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP),
  exchange rates, rate of inflation and
  unemployment rate
• Govt promotes a healthy economy characterized by
  full employment and low inflation through the
  actions of
• The Federal Reserve
• The president and Congress

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Terrorism

• The United States has confronted the increase in
  international terrorism by formulating domestic
  and international policies aimed at stopping
  terrorism
• Patriot Act
• Diplomatic and military initiatives

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Happy Tuesday!!

• Take out your SOL packet so I can check Unit 3
• We will go over the patriot act chart
• You have an SOL quiz to take

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Modern America

• Modern Presidents

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John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)

• New Frontier
• Cuba/Beginning of Vietnam/ Assassinated- Lee
  Harvey Oswald
• Famous quote ask not what your country can do
  for you, but what you can do for your country
• NASA
• Eventually Leads to 1969- Moon Landing- Buzz
  Aldrin and Neil Armstrong- one small step for
  man, one giant leap for mankind
• Apollo 11
• Peace Corps

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Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)

• Vietnam
• Responsible for escalating the Vietnam War
• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 1964
• Heavy Protest- TV war that causes much dislike
  for the war
• Tet Offensive- military build-up
• US successful, but turning point of war-heavy
  protest from the war after
• LBJ doesnt seek re-election for the Democratic
  Party
• Civil Rights President
• CRA 1964, Voting Rights Act 1965, CRA 1968
• Great Society- PLATFORM-everyone has equal chance
• War on poverty
• Race, gender (womens movement)

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Richard Nixon (1969-1974)

• Vietnam
• Runs on Peace With Honor- slowly withdrawing
  troops so the ones dont die in vain- doesnt
  want to lose the war
• 1970 Bombs Cambodia
• Leads to heavy college protest- Kent State
  massacre- 4 dead in Ohio
• Meets with China
• Eases relations with Communist China and Soviet
  Union
• Détente
• SALT I- reduce arms
• First president to go to China

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Nixon Cont.

• Watergate Scandal
• Gets caught stealing information from the
  Democratic Headquarters
• Begins cover up
• Forces Nixon to resign before he gets impeached
• Causes Americans not to trust American politics
• Gerald Ford takes over presidency for 2 years

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Gerald Ford

• Became the first unelected president

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Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)

• Human Rights President/ Collapse of détente with
  Chinese
• Camp David Accords- peace agreement between Egypt
  and Israel (Middle East Hot Spot!
• Iran Hostage Crisis
• American captured by Iran- Carter refused to
  negotiate- will lead to the election of Ronald
  Reagan
• Domestically- oil prices, recession
  (mini-depression)

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Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)

• Conservative, social issues (AIDS, homosexuality,
  drugs, abortion, Affirmative action- Univ. of
  California v. Bakke)
• Reagonomics- give big tax breaks to wealthy
  business in hope to have money trickle down to
  the poor- it doesnt work
• Relied on supply-side economics- if people paid
  less taxes they would save more money
• Builds up military
• Star Wars program- forces Soviets to try to
  compete
• End of Communism
• Collapse of Berlin Wall
• Glasnost- openness to western culture in USSR
• Perestrokia- restructuring economic system in USSR

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George H.W. Bush (1989-1993)

• Continues Reagans policies
• Problems in the Middle East
• Date back to 1986- Reagan approved the sale of
  arms to Iran in their war against Iraq
• Iran promised to release 7 US hostages held in
  Lebanon by pro-Iranian terrorists

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George H.W. Bush cont.

• Persian Gulf War- Iraq v. Iran
• Sadam Hussein claimed oil-rich Kuwait was part of
  Iraq and invaded then headed towards Saudi Arabia
• If successful, Iraq would own ½ of the worlds
  known oil-fields
• Bush launches Operation Desert Storm to liberate
  Kuwait from Iraqi control
• Had a hard time on domestic front- US was facing
  a recession- had to raise taxes

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William Jefferson Clinton (1993-2001)

• Won election by promising to move away from
  traditional Democratic policies
• Set out to tackle health care, budget deficit,
  crime, and welfare
• Health Care Reform-set out to create affordable
  health care for all Americans
• Unsuccessful
• Budget- cut spending, lowered taxes and in 1997-
  US had a surplus- 1st time in 30 years
• Terrorism- 1st bombing of WTC
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• Scandal in the White House- was impeached

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George W. Bush (2001-2009)

• VERY controversial election
• September 11, 2001- WTC attacked, Pentagon
  attacked
• War on Terror
• Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
• Patriot Act