Chapter 41 Reading Timeline: What was the significance of each event and idea within the time period?

Contested 2000 Election(973-974):

Was a close election- spilt fairly evenly among the candidates
The deciding vote was Florida
George W. Bush won Florida and ultimately the electoral college

Bush Domestic and Foreign Policy challenge (979-980):

Conservative beliefs will weigh heavy on Bushs decisions
Kyoto Treaty
Human Genome Project
The cost of military inventions rose and ultimately turned the federal budget surpluses into deficits

Causes/Impact of 9/11 (981-982):

The rise of Al Queda
Embassy bombings
WMD
Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban
will lead to 9/11 which causes
Department of homeland security
USA patriot act

Al Qaeda (roots of) (971,981):

George W. Bush
Republican
(2001-2009)

Was and anti-American Islamic terrorist organization

Was founded by Osama Bin Laden
Brought many cats of terrorism on the US
Responsible for embassy bombings and 9/11

USA Patriot Act(981):

An acronym for uniting and strengthening America by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and
obstruct terrorism
Was passed in response to 9/11

Department of Homeland Security(981):

Largest restructuring of the US government in contemporary history.

Designed to help protect and no prosecute terrorism and other crimes
Protected the nations borders
Prevented potent attacks

Debate over Guantanamo Detention Camp (982):

US military prison located in Guantanamo Bay.
Established to detain extraordinarily dangerous people
Americans divided on whether or not the terrorist threat fully warrented such drastic encroachments on
Americas traditions of protecting civil liberties

War in Iraq (causes/impact/goals)-982-986:

Iraq's alleged possession of WMDs posed a threat to the US and UK and their security
Afghanistan refused to turn Bin Laden over to US authorities
will cause the US to invade Iraq which results in...
Human rights violations in the Abu Ghraib prison
Failed reconstruction of Iraq
Poor US relations with the Middle East

No Child Left Behind Act:

Effectively scaled up the federal role in holding schools accountable for student outcomes.
Sought to advance American competitiveness and close the achievement gap between poor and minority
students and their more advantaged peers.
Since 2002, its had an outsized impact on teaching, learning, and school improvement.
Has become increasingly controversial with educators and the general public.

Challenges in Second Term (987-989):

George W. Bush
Republican
(2001-2009)

Hurricane Katrina
Immigration
Banned same sex marriage
Radical program to privatize much of social security

Hurricane Katrina and Aftermath (988):

Flooded 80% of a historic city

Resulted in the deaths of thousands
Billions of dollars in damages
No help from FEMA
Devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast

Your opinion: Is America a Hyperpower or Hapless Power (990-991):

America is a hyperpower because
During the Cold War the US had accumulated unprecedented economic, military, and cultural might and had
taken virtuous pride in themselves as the global champions of democracy, justice, and human rights.
As the sole surviving superpower, they faced no counterbalancing regime and, apparently, no check on
their national ambitions.
the United States seemed to wield all but limitless power to mold the inter- national environment as it wished.
Not since the days of ancient rome did any people bestride the world so unopposed.
The United States in 1999 was described as not merely as a superpower but as a hyper power, one that is
dominant or predominant in all categories, including not only the traditional domains of politics, economics,
and the military, but even including attitudes, concepts, languages, and modes of life.
The United States was the worlds third most populous nation (after China and India), enjoyed the worlds
largest economy (more than three times larger than second-ranked Japan), was the acknowledged global
leader in high-tech information and biomedical innovations, and spent more on its armed forces than the rest
of the world combined.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-components and debates (993-994:

Obama strongly counterpunched against the deepening crisis. In his first hundred days he pushed through a
series of major initiatives that included a new round of help for troubled banks, tax and mort- gage relief, and
a huge stimulus billthe American Recovery and Reinvestment Actthat contained nearly a trillion
dollars of tax cuts, as well as new spend- ing for jobs, infrastructure projects, and relief to state and local
governments.

Tea Party rise(994):

The conjunction of expanding federal programs and mounting deficits tapped into a deep vein of American wariness of big
government.
Starting with vehement attacks on the health-care bill in the summer of 2009, angry protesters accused the Obama administration of
promoting socialism and unconstitutional controls over individual lives.
Calling themselves the Tea Party after the American Revolutionary Patriots, these aggrieved citizens combined a knack for streettheater demonstrations with nonstop Internet and media fulminations against the president and his policies.

Causes/Impact of Great Recession, 2008 (994-995):

Was compared to the Great Depression by economists

High unemployment rate
Very bad economy caused Americans to loose their jobs and homes
Caused fear and anxiety amongst the American people
Changed attitude of Americans

Goals for Iraq/Afghanistan/Osama Bin Laden (995-997):

Take troops out of Iraq by 2011

Leave Iraq a stable nation
Prevent terrorism and defeat Al Qaeda
Osama Bin Laden finally killed
Drones cause anew type of warfare

Causes/Impact of Occupy Wall Street (997-1000):

Started out as a small demonstration by youthful radicals
Resulted from inequality in education and the economy
Due to a widening income gap

2012 Election: Party Platforms and Issues (1000-1001):

Barack Obama
Democrat
(2009-Present)

To a striking degree, inequalityboth economic and politicalremained a central theme of the heated 2012 presidential race.
Barack Obama sought reelection on the basis of his stewardship of the economy in crisis times, his signature health-care law
and his winding down of two unpopular wars over- seas. Citing both fiscal soundness as well as economic fairness, he
promised to restore income-tax rates on high earners to Clinton-era levels.
Mitt Romney hewed to a much more conservative line, promising to repeal both the Affordable Care Act and the Wall Street
Reform Act, cut domestic spending, and slash taxes.

What does citizenship and civil rights look like in the 21st century (1002-1004)?

Illegal immigration restrictions

Anxiety felt by undocumented immigrants
Legalizing same sex marriage
Changes in voting rights

Causes for Political Gridlock (1005):

Public frustration
Affordable care act
Troubles abroad
Ebola
The Middle East

Write 5 concluding statements from the section American Prospect (1006):

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Barack Obama
Democrat
(2009-Present)

Well beyond its two-hundredth birthday as the twenty- first centurys second decade unspooled, the
United States was both an old and a new nation. It boasted one of the longest uninterrupted traditions of
democratic government of any country on earth.
The U.S. economy, despite the impact of the Great Recession, remained an important engine of world
economic growth.
Astonishing breakthroughs in science and technology, especially in genetics, bioengineering, and
communications, presented Americans with stunning opportunities as well as wrenching ethical choices.
Inequality and prejudice continued to challenge Americans to close the gap between their most hallowed
values and the stark realities of society in the twenty-first-century United States.
Democratic Institutions are never done; they are like living tissue, always a-making. It is a strenuous
thing, this of living the life of a free people.