CHAPTER 26

THE UNITED STATES IN TODAY’S WORLD

SECTION 1

• THE 1990s AND THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Clinton Becomes President – 1992

• Ross Perot– Reform Party

• The “New Democrat”– Clinton vowed to move

away from traditional democrat policies

– Incorporate both liberal and conservative programs

Domestic Issues

• Health Care Reform– Hillary Clinton pushed for this

– Did not pass but other changes were made

• Children’s Health Insurance Program – CHIP– Provide insurance for children whose families

could not afford it

Temporary Assistance for the Needy Families - TANIF

• Provided assistance to families

• Medical services

• Day care – in and out of home

• Job training

• Housing subsidies

Family Medical Leave Act

• Allowed up to 12 weeks without pay for having a baby or family illness

AmeriCorps

• Program put in place by Clinton– Improving low income housing– Teaching children how to read

Brady Bill

• Gun Control law– Required

background checks and waiting periods for guns

Balanced Budget and Economic Boom

• Congress was controlled by the Republican– Clinton was successful in working with the

Congress to create a balanced budget– After a year the country had a budget surplus!

• About the time Clinton took office the economy began to rebound

• Unemployment fell– Causing – 1. Tax revenues to rise

2. Few people on public aid

Welfare Reform

• 1996 – placed limits on how long people could receive benefits

• Ended the federal guarantee of welfare

• Gave states “block grants”– Set amounts of federal money they

could spend on welfare and other social concerns

CRIME AND TERRORISM

• Crime– 1999 Columbine High School

– Copycat crimes

Terrorism

• 1993 – Bombs in the WTC

• 1995 – Oklahoma City Federal Office Building– Timothy McVeigh

– 2001 executed

• 2001 – WTC attack by al-Qaeda

Foreign Policy Changes• Cold War- tried to keep tensions low and

develop good relations with – Russia

• We did not like all that they were doing and they did not like all that we were doing

– China• Clinton pushed them to install more democratic

policies• Clinton was more concerned with increasing

trade with China– Supported a bill that passed which granted China

permanent trade rights

• Worked to end hostile governments in– Haiti

• Military group forced the elected president to step down

• US sent troops to force military leader out.

– Yugoslavia / Bosnia• Yugoslavia broke apart in 1991. • Bosnia was one of the new states. • Serb militia began “ethnic cleansing” in Bosnia• US helped to negotiate the Dayton Accords

– Peace between the two groups

– Kosovo and the Serbs• US gets involved again to help. . . .

Dayton Accords

• Bosnia• 1995

NAFTA

• North America Free Trade Agreement

World Trade Organization

• Promotes world trade and economic development

• Regulates trade between member countries

• Arrange trade agreements

• Settle disputes between member countries

Clinton Gets Reelected in 1996

• 1998 Impeachment• Whitewater Development• White House Intern

– Congress approved two articles of impeachment 1. Perjury

2. Obstruction of Justice

Clinton was the second president to face a trial in the Senate

Senate did not have enough votes to convict

missed it by 6 votes!!!

2000 Presidential Election

• Al Gore

• George W. Bush

• Recounts– Hanging Chads

– Pregnant Chads

– Supreme Court

The Bush Administration

• Patriot Act– October 2001

– Government could investigate any suspicious activity

• Department of Homeland Security– Protect US from another terrorist attack

Afghanistan

• Helped to hide . . . • Osama Bin Laden• Founded al-Qaeda• Blamed for 9-11

War Against Iraq – March 2003

• Weapons of Mass Destruction

• Saddam Hussein would not allow UN officials in country to survey

• Bush expanded the war into Iraq

• Captured Saddam Hussein– He was hanged by his own people after

a trial

Iraqi War Axis of Evil

• Second Iraqi war• Captured Hussein

• Iran, Iraq, N Korea• Known to sponsor

terrorism and suspected of developing WMDs

Domestic Agenda

• No Child Left Behind– More accountability for students’

success– Mandatory achievement testing

• Economic problems– ENRON

• Tax Cut to spur the economy• Reelected in 2004

2008 Presidential Election

• John McCain

• Barack Obama– Economic stimulus package

– End combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan

– Health Care Package

Section 2

• The New Global Economy

The Shifting Economy• Service Sector

– 2008 – 80 %

• Downsizing– Many businesses hired part-time employees to help save

money on benefits. . . .

• Farm and Factories– Advances in technology resulted in fewer workers needed to

do the same work

• Hi-tech Industries– Bill Gates

• Founder of Microsoft

– Silicon Valley• Area in California where many computer based industries are located

Change and the Global Economy• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade – GATT

– Lowered trade barriers– Established the WTO

• International Competition– NAFTA caused the US to lose jobs to other countries– Businesses did not have to offer as many benefits or

good wages

• Slowdown– Economies all over the world were entering a

recession at the turn of the century

Section 3

• Technology and Modern Life

Communication Revolution

• Internet• Classrooms• Equipment• Telecommute• Telecommunications Act of 1996

– Removed barriers that had previously prevented one type of communications company from starting up or buying another related one

Scientific Advances Enrich Lives

• Simulation, Robotics, Machine Intelligence

• Space Exploration– International Space Station

• Genetic engineering

• Medical Progress

Section 4

• The Changing Face of America

Urban Flight• Reasons

– Overcrowding due to movement to cities for jobs– Increased crime rates– Decaying housing– Suburbs had more space, privacy and security

• Results– City economic base declined– Industries moved to the suburbs too– Downtown districts fell into disrepair

• Suburban Living– Commute to cities for jobs– Telecommute!– Competition with cites and other suburbs for businesses

Aging America

• Median age in 2008 – 36.8

– 4 years older than in 1990

• Social Security– Living longer

– Birth rate is decreasing

• Medicare

• Immigration Population– Changing– 1900 mostly from Europe– Since 1960s

• 30% from Asia• 50% from Western Hemisphere – mainly Mexico

– Minority-Majority states

• Immigration Policy– Very debated– Illegal immigrant population is climbing

• 2009 – estimated 10.8 million

• Native Americans– 2007 – 25% lived under the poverty level– Attained greater economic independence- casinos– Worked through courts to regain lands granted by earlier

treaties

27th Amendment

• Any Congressional pay raises will not go into affect until after the next congressional election

Week 15 Journal 60• Copy the following in your journal

1. Great Depression

2. World War I

3. Spanish American War

4. World War II

5. Vietnam War

6. Red Scare• Identify the decade(s) associated with each

– EX – Korean War 1950s

Americans with Disabilities Act• Prohibited discrimination against those with

disabilities• Broadened the scope of Civil Rights

Graphic Organizer

BILLCLINTON

BARACKOBAMA

RONALDREAGAN

US PRESIDENTS GEORGE

BUSH

GEORGEH.W. BUSH

In the box to the right mark a R if they were republican or a D if they were Democrat. You will use Conservative and Cut Taxes twice. Reagan – 6 Obama – 3 All others - 5

Cut Taxes Raised TaxesDesert Storm Brady BillIran-Contra Scandal Almost impeachedPatriot Act CHIPPassed Health Care Bill No Child Left BehindSandra Day O’Connor Hanging/pregnant ChadsBerlin Wall torn down Scaled back military involvementBalanced Budget Columbine High School ShootingMet with Gorbachev Met with YeltsinOsama Bin Laden killed supply-side economicsConservative Focused on protecting from

terrorism

Ronald Reagan

• Republican• Cut Taxes• Iran-Contra Scandal• Sandra Day O’Connor• Met with Gorbachev• Supply-Side Economics• Conservative

George H.W. Bush - Daddy

• Republican

• Desert Storm

• Berlin Wall torn down

• Met with Yeltsin

• Raised taxes

• Conservative

Bill Clinton

• Democrat

• Balanced the budget

• Passed the Brady Bill

• Almost impeached

• CHIP

• Columbine School shooting

George W. Bush - Son

• Patriot Act

• No Child Left Behind

• Hanging and Pregnant Chads

• Focused on protecting from terrorism

• Cut taxes

Barack Obama

• Democrat

• Passed the Health Care Act

• Osama bin Laden Killed

• Scaled back US military involvement

Space

• Space Shuttle– A reusable space craft

with wings– Apr 12, 1981- 1st

shuttle= Columbia– Sally Ride= 1st woman

in space– Jan 28, 1986=

Challenger

• Space Station– Manned orbiting

platforms that serve as a base of operations

– 16 nations created the International Space Station in 1988

Tiananmen Square• May 1989

• Student & workers in China held demonstrations for democracy

• Government tanks put an end to protests

• Hundreds killed or arrested

Silicon Valley

• Computers• California

Ken Starr Perjury

• Appointed by Janet Reno (Atty General) to investigate Pres Clinton for his activity in arranging illegal loans for WHITEWATER

• Lying under oath• Pres Clinton was

accused of perjury in a scandal involving a white house intern (‘98)

• Missed impeachment by 6 votes

Global Warming

• An increase in average world temperatures over time

• Could lead to drought and extreme weather conditions

September 11, 2001

• World Trade Center• Pentagon