■Warm-Up Question

–What is the
difference between
the “New Left” &
“New Right”?
 Key Concepts Covered: 9.1-9.2

■Unit 9 Objective A: Explain the

context in which the United States
faced international and domestic
challenges after 1980.
■Unit 9 Objective B: Explain the
causes and effects of continuing
policy debates about the role of the
federal government over time.
 Key Concepts Covered: 9.4-9.5

■Unit 9 Objective D: Explain the

causes and effects of economic and
technological change over time.

■Unit 9 Objective E: Explain the

causes and effects of domestic and
international migration over time.
 Key Concepts Covered: 9.5-9.6

■Unit 9 Objective F: Explain the

causes and effects of domestic and
international challenges the United
States has faced in the 21st century.
■Unit 9 Objective G: Explain the
relative significance of the effects of
change in the period after 1980 on
American national identity.
■ Essential Question:
Question

–To what extent

did the Clinton
& Bush years
deviate from the
Reagan era?
The Presidency of
Bill Clinton
 Bill Clinton: “A New Democrat”
■ Bill Clinton represented a new
group of Democrats who hoped to
reclaim lost “Reagan Democrats”
■ His agenda as president included:
–To reduce the size of the gov’t
–To balance the federal budget
–To reform welfare & extend
healthcare to all Americans
–To promote economic growth
A return to Reagan-style
Domestic tax cuts,
Policy under increased
Clinton
military spending, & limited role of gov’t
■ Clinton attempted a bold plan to
Clinton is keeping the
offer universal health coverage
Reagan–style Republican
–The bill’s defeat allowed
initiatives going! for
sweeping victories in the 1994
“The era offor
midterms bigRepublicans
gov’t is over”
—Clinton
–Repubs, led by Newt Gingrich,
offered a “Contract with America”
■ Clinton undercut their agenda by
reducing the size of the gov’t &
planning for a balanced budget
 Foreign Policy under Clinton
■ Clinton encouraged free trade:
–Clinton signed North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
(initiated under Bush) which
reduced trade barriers among
USA, Mexico, & Canada
–General Agreement on Tariffs &
Trade cut tariffs & the World
Trade Org helped settle trade
disputes among 117 nations
 Foreign Policy under Clinton
■ U.S. international peacekeeping:
–From 1993-1995, U.S. troops
were sent to Somalia to offer
food & restore order to civil war
–In 1999, the U.S. & UN sent
troops to Bosnia (in the former
Yugoslavia) to stop Serbian
ethnic cleansing
Slobodan Milosevic
 Upheaval in the 1990s
■ Clinton presided during an
economic boom, but anxiety was
prevalent throughout the decade:
– Rodney King trial and L.A. race
riots (1992)
– Terrorism at the World Trade
Center (1993) & the Oklahoma City
bombing (1995)
– Scandals: Whitewater & Lewinsky
Clinton Denies Allegations
The Presidency of
George W. Bush
Results of the 2000 Election
George W.byBush
Voting Precinct
■ The election of 2000 was the
closest since Nixon-Kennedy in
1960 & the only disputed election
since Tilden-Hayes in 1876:
–“Hanging” or “dimpled” chads in
Florida
–The Supreme Court ruled in
Bush v Gore (2000) to stop the
recount & declare Bush the
winner of the election
Election of 2000 Video
Key Events in the Bush Presidency
■ Key events in the Bush years:
–Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
by fundamentalist Al Qaeda led
to the invasion of Afghanistan &
the hunt for Osama bin Laden
–Bush’s declaration of an “Axis of
Evil” in North Korea, Iran, & Iraq
–The invasion of Iraq in 2003 to
remove Saddam Hussein
9/11 Timeline
NYU student’s view
Global Terrorist Strikes, 1998-2007
Other Contemporary
Events

The most important

developments are
TECHNOLOGY and
environmentalism!!
 Contemporary Society and Culture
Environmental Movement
 Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
(1962)
 Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) (1970)
 Earth Day - April 22
 Fossil Fuels
 Oil
 Natural gas/fracking
 Coal
 Alternative Fuel Sources
 Nuclear
 Solar energy
 Electric hybrids
 Global Warming/Climate Change
 Human impact on CO2 levels
Contemporary Society and Culture
Technology and the Future
 Automation
 Internet
 World Wide Web
 Genetics
 DNA structure
(1953)
 Human Genome
Project
 Obama Administration
■ First African-American President
■ Continued struggle with Terror.
–Only Change: Large-Scale
Forces  Special Force,
Drones
• Huge increase in Afghanistan!
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
Obama and Foreign Developments
(2009-2017)
 Death of Osama bin
Laden
 Iraq
 Ended occupation
 Afghanistan
 Taliban resurgence
 Arab Spring
 Egypt
 Libya
 Syria
 Ukraine One’s Bullseye Cannot Rescure Obama’s Record
Financial Times, May 2012
 Crimea
WE DID IT!
 Election of 2016
 Donald Trump (R)
 “Make America Great
Again”
 Access Hollywood tape
 Hillary Clinton (D)
 Bernie Sanders and
DNC
 E-mails
 Benghazi
 Donald Trump (R) (2017-????)
Foreign
Developments
 Immigration
 “The Wall”
 Domestic
 Tax cuts?