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