Period 9_ Present Political and Foreign Polucy Adjustments in a Globalized World

2012

In ________, SCOTUS upheld the constitutionality of the acts individual mandate as an exercise of Congresss taxing power.

Trump

________ suspended the Obama- era policy of granting Cuba relief from sanctions, but he (Obama) did not rescind diplomatic relations between the two countries Subject to Debate.

LBJ

In 1965, ________ urged Congress to engage in an effective war against crime, Nixons tough on crime policies further criminalized the possession and use of illegal drugs, and the drug war was a major goal of Reagan.

AIDS

________ swept through gay communities- many Christian fundamentalists saw ________ as Gods punishment as Gods punishment for sinful behavior.

BLM

________ emerged in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Zimmerman, a Florida man who shot Martin, a black teenager.

financial firms

Republicans argue for deregulation of major industries, including ________, and resist calls for increased government oversight.

Pro-business economic conservatives

argue for lower corporate taxes, deregulation, and an economic atmosphere friendly to big business (laissez faire in terms of environmental regulations but willing to use the power of government to further their interests, aka

Critics note that smartphones tend to distract users from tasks such as driving and social interactions in front of them Economic Shifts

The Decline of Manufacturing and the Rise of the Service Sector

Since the 1980s, there has been a rapid shift of the manufacturing sector out of the US and into less-developed parts of this world

a trend accelerated by free-trade agreements

The rise of the private manufacturing sector in Communist China has also played a major role

because firms in China are able to produce goods at lower costs, American imports from China grew dramatically in the late 20th and early 21st century

A major turning point toward unionized workers came in 1981 under Reagan when he fired air traffic controllers who went on strike

this broke their union, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, and was consistent with helping big business

It grew significantly from 1980 to present

the primary sector includes the extraction and production of raw materials and the secondary sector is considered manufacturing; the service sector is considered the tertiary sector which involves the production of services rather than end products

The growth of low wage jobs in the retail and fast-food fields has contributed to the stagnation of wages and to a growing income gap

and efforts to unionize workers in these fields have almost all failed due to anti-union activities by the corporations

TaskRabbit and Uber are prominent companies

36% of American workers are involved in the gig economy

Currently, immigration accounts for a third of population growth

immigration has been an important factor in the growth of the Southwestern states

Defeating Hussein and the Iraqi army was an easy task, but creating stability in Iraq was not

attacks by insurgents continued and Operation Iraqi Freedom hurt Bushs approval ratings and created tensions between the US and some European nations Liberty, Security, and Human Rights in the War on Terrorism

The New Right stands for its opposites

conservative approaches to sexuality, respect for authority and discipline, and unifying patriotism

One topic that historians begin to wrestle with is the origins of the toxic partisan atmosphere

some look to the impeachment against Clinton as a turning point