APUSH Period 9

Civil Rights * Hispanics * Hernandez v. Texas (1954) * Chicano Movement * Cesar Chavez * Bilingual Education * Coral Way Elementary * Bilingugal Education Act * Natives * American Indian Movement * Civil rights organization for native property rights and cultural preservation and restoration * Indian Self-Determination Acts (1975) * LGBTQ * Gay Liberation Movement * Stonewall Riots * 1969 * AIDS * Setbacks * Anita Bryant and Save Our Children * 1977 * Bowers v. Hardwick * 1986 * Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell * 1993 * Defense of Marriage Act * 1996 * Achievements * Lawrence v. Texas
1990s Television * Comedic Escapism * Seinfeld * Friends * Dramas Pushing the Line * Twin Peaks * NYPD Blue * X-Files * Animation * Batman: TAS * Beavis and Butt-head * South Park * Teen Dramas * Buffy the Vampire Slayer * Beverly Hills 90210
Contemporary Labor Developments * Taft-Hartley Act * AFL-CIO * United Farm Workers * Cesar Chavez * Dolores Huerta * Labor Unions Weaken * PATCO Strike * 1981 * NAFTA * 1994 * Right-to-Work States * Outsourcing
Election of 2000 * Al Gore * Democratic * George W. Bush * Republican * Ralph Nader * Green Party
George W. Bush * Conservative Agenda * Bush Tax Cuts * NCLB * 9/11 * USA Patriot Act * Hurricane Katrina * 2005 * Great Recession * 2007-2009 * Troubled Assets Relief Program * Foreign Developments * 9/11 * War on Terror * Afghanistan * Iraq * War on Terror * 9/11 * Bush Doctrine * Afghanistan * Iraq * Homeland Security * USA Patriot Act
Why do people hate the United States? * Alliance with Israel * America’s involvement in the Middle East * The way the U.S. and its allies treat the Muslim World * Stationing of troops in Saudi Arabia * Near Mecca and Medina * Globalization * Culture of Triviality and Decadence * Sexual Shamelessness * Culture of Individualism vs. Community
Why did the U.S. invade Afghanistan * U.S. uses military * U.S. ordered the Taliban in Afghanistan to: * Deliver Al-Qaeda leaders to the USA * Release all U.S. citizens in jails * Protect foreigners in Afghanistan * Close terrorist facilities * The Taliban refused and the United States invaded
Thanks, USA * US supplies Afghan fighters with weapons to fight Soviets
Afghanistan * Operation Enduring Freedom with Coalition * Step 1 * Drive Taliban out of the country using Northern Alliance * Rebels allied with U.S. * Step 2 * Capture senior Al-Qaeda members * Especially Osama Bin-Laden * Step 3 * Rebuild Afghanistan into stable democracy
How is the War in Iraq Connected? * Goals/Justification * Topple Saddam Hussein * Bad dictator * Rid Iraq of weapons with mass destruction * Stop Iraq’s harboring and supporting of Al-Qaeda terrorists * Establish Iraq as a healthy democracy to bring stability to the region
Sectarian Tensions * Sunnis * Shias * Kurds
Iraq War * Operation Iraqi Freedom * March 2003 - December 2011 * U.S. * U.K. * Australia * Easily defeated Iraqi army * Army and security forces disbanded * Sectarian tension and fighting * 4486 U.S. soldiers killed
Election of 2004 * George W. Bush * Republican * John Kerry * Democratic * Howard Dean * Democratic Caucus in Iowa
Election of 2008 * Democrat * Barack Obama * Primary vs. Hilary Clinton * Republican * John McCain * Sarah Palin
Barack Obama * Great Recession * 2007-2009 * American Recovery and Reinvestment Act * Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act * 2010 * “Obamacare” * Tea Party and 2010 Mid-Term Elections * Social and Cultural Development * Gay rights * Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” * Same-sex marriage and DOMA * Foreign Developments * Arab Spring * Crimea * ISIL
Election of 2012 * Barack Obama * Democratic * Mitt Romney * Republican
Obama and Foreign Developments * Death of Osama Bin Laden * Iraq * Ended occupation * Afghanistan * Taliban resurgence * Arab Spring * Egypt * Libya * Syria * Ukraine
Contemporary Immigration * Pushes * Escape communism * Violence * Pulls * Seeking the American Dream * Immigration Policies * Immigration Act of 1965 * Eliminated 1920s quota laws * Immigration Reform and Control Act * Penalties for illegal immigration employment * Illegal immigrants before 1982 granted residency
Multiculturalism * Melting Pot * Americanization and assimilation of diverse cultures * Salad Bowl * Cultural mosaic * Promotion of cultural diversity * Contemporary nativism * American exceptionalism * English Language Amendment
Environmental Movement * Silent Spring by Rachel Carson * Environmental Protection Agency * Earth Day * April 22 * Fossil Fuels * Oil * Natural gas * Cal * Alternative Fuel Sources * Nuclear * Three Mile Island * Chernobyl * Fukushima * Solar * Electric Hybrids * Global Warming/Climate Change * Human impact on CO2 levels
Health * Medical Breakthroughs * Polio Vaccine and Jonas Salk * 1955 * CAT Scan * 1971 * MRI * 1971 * Stem Cell Therapy * 1998 * Epidemics * HIV * AIDS * Cancer * Obesity
American Family and Lifestyle * Graying of America * ⅛ of Americans are 65 or older * Life expectancy is 78 years old * Baby boomers retiring and impact of Social Security * American Family * Nearly 50% divorce rates * Single parenthood * Different forms of family * Education * ¼ of 23-34 year olds are a 4-year college graduate * Internet
Technology and the Future * Automation * Internet * World Wide Web * Genetics * DNA Structure * 1953 * Human Genome Project