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CHAPTER 31

Global Dangers, Global Challenges, 2001 to the

Present


America Under Attack: September 11, 2001, and Its Aftermath

• A New Administration, a Day of Horror• Confronting al Qaeda in Afghanistan• Tightening Home-Front Security• War In Iraq, 2003-2004


Map 32.3 The Election of 2004


Politics and the Economy as a New Century Begins

• Economic Reverses and Corporate Scandals• The Republican Domestic Agenda• Campaign Finance Reform and the 2004

Election


Debating Iraq and Confronting Other Global Challenges

• The Continuing Struggle in Iraq• Sagging Support at Home• The Bush Administration and the Israeli-

Palestinian Conflict• America Confronts Growing Nuclear Threats• A Widening Trade Gap and China’s Rising

Economic Power• Environmental Hazards Become a Global

Concern


Map 32.1 Afghanistan


Map 32.2 Iraq


Social and Economic Trends in Contemporary America

• An Increasingly Diverse People• Upward Mobility and Social Problems in a

Multiethnic Society• The “New Economy” and the Old Economy


Map 32.4 Distribution of U.S. HispanicPopulation, by State and by Country of Origin, 2000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, The Hispanic Population


A Floundering Administration Yields to a Renewed Vision

• Mixed Record, Mounting Deficits, and Disaster in New Orleans

• Extending Republican Influence: Supreme Court to K Street

• A Shifting Political Landscape: The 2006 Election and Beyond

• Recession Strikes the U.S. and World Economies

• A New Beginning and an Enduring Spirit

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