1. Homework #1
Read Chapter 33 Section 4

2. Unit #5 Concepts 6 & 7 Test Retake
NO TALKING
MAY FIX ANY QUESTION
MUST ATTACH RETAKE ON TOP OF ORIGINAL
ONLY FIX QUESTIONS THAT WERE MARKED INCORRECT
YOU WILL HAVE MINUTES

3. Unit #6 – Contemporary America
US History
Unit #6 – Contemporary America

4. Unit #6 – Contemporary America
Unit Essential Questions –
How can a historian use varying artifacts and evidence to determine patterns of continuity or change in contemporary American history?
Concepts/Big Ideas
Information Age (Economics 2)
Changing American Demographics (History 2a)
Globalization (History 1)

5. Unit #6 – Contemporary America
Key Learning –
Students will use effective research methods in order to analyze materials regarding the contemporary United States and will draw conclusions as to whether those materials indicate patters of continuity or change.

6. Lesson #1 – 1980 US Hockey Team
Lesson Essential Question
America was in a crisis of confidence during the late 1970s and early 1980s. What events began to change America? How did these events impact the future of the country?
Vocabulary
Cold War Olympics
Shah Kidnapped
Ayatollah Hostages

7. Confidence
What does the word above mean? Why is it an important part of life?
How does its meaning relate to the esteem of a country?
Be prepared to share with class.

8. America 1979 Inflation – 11.2% Average Cost of House - $58,100
Average Income per year - $17,500
Average monthly rent - #280
Gallon of Gas – 86 cents
Sony Walkman - $200

9. America 1979 1976 – US Bi-centennial
What emotions or feelings would there be in the country during this year?
Jimmy Carter (July 16, 1979) – “Crisis of Confidence” Speech
What natural resource does America depend on more than any other country?
Oil?

10. Oil Crisis Why is oil such a commodity throughout the world?
Non-renewable resource
Where is most of the world’s oil from?
Middle East
OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Cartel of all oil-producing countries

11. Oil Crisis
OPEC

12. Oil Crisis

13. Causes to Oil Crisis OPEC – setting oil prices at high levels
Carter – creates Department of Energy
Asks Americans to sacrifice
Looks to different renewable energy resources
Coal, solar
Iranian Revolution
Workers go on strike
Shah removed; Ayatollah became ruler

15. 1979 – A Year in Turmoil March 1979 – Three Mile Island
November 1979 – Iranian students invade US Embassy; take 52 Americans hostage
December 1979 – Soviet Union invades Afghanistan
January 1980 – Carter announces US will boycott 1980 Summer Olympics

16. How can the US recover from the Crisis of Confidence?

17. 1980 – Lake Placid, NY Winter Olympics & US Hockey Team
Last gold in Hockey 1960
Dominated by Soviet Union
Outside shot to medal

18. Class Work Documentary – 1980 US Hockey Miracle Answer all questions
Due at end of movie
Miracle

19. Checking for Understanding
How will the events of 1979 and early 1980 impact the future of the country?

20. Homework #2
Read – Chapter 34 Sections 1, 2 & 4

21. Lesson #2 – Ronald Reagan & 1980s
Lesson Essential Question – How did economic policy begin to change during the 1980s under the leadership of President Reagan? Were his policies beneficial to the country? The world?
Vocabulary
New Right new federalism
Supply-side economics

22. Opener Define conservative
What does it mean in terms of style? Behavior? Values?
What might the word have to do with politics in the US during the 1980s?

23. 1980s Conservative Revolution
New Right
Supported by middle class
Smaller government
Cut taxes
Rid regulations that limited economic competition
Led by Ronald Reagan
“Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.”

24. Class Work
DVD – President Reagan
Answer all questions

25. 1980s Conservative Revolution
3 Domestic Issues -
Revive economy
Cut back on social welfare programs
Restore traditional Christian values
Reagan – promote economic recovery
Reform tax policy
Minimize government
Move programs to state level

26. 1980s Conservative Revolution
“Reaganomics” – based on theory of supply-side economics
Necessary to increase people’s purchasing power to improve the economy
GIVE BUSINESSES AND INVESTORS MORE MONEY
What 1920s policy does this sound like?
TRICKLE DOWN THEORY (HERBERT HOOVER)

27. 1980s Conservative Revolution
Feb 1981 – Reagan tax cuts
October 1981 – 5%
1982 & 1983 – 10%
ONLY BENEFITED WEALTHY
1986 – Congressional tax cut
Closed loopholes & expanded tax base
Benefited rich – cut maximum tax rate from 70% to 28%

28. 1980s Conservative Revolution
New Federalism
Cut federal funding for programs
Programs now run by state and local governments
Failed – recession early in Presidency
States and Cities were bankrupt
Could not afford to pay for former federal programs

29. 1980s Conservative Revolution
George H W Bush –
1980 – called Reagan’s economic policies
“voodoo economics”
1988 – Ran for President
“READ MY LIPS. NO NEW TAXES.”
Did not keep promise because of deficit
Cut back on social programs
Extending benefits for unemployed workers

30. Class Work
DVD – George H W Bush
Answer all questions

31. US Internationalism Reagan – “Star Wars” 1989 – Ending of Cold War
Missile defense system ($30 billion)
1989 – Ending of Cold War
Conflicts arose
Lebanon
Persian Gulf War

32. Class Work
DVD – The Persian Gulf War
Answer all questions

33. Homework #3
Read – Chapter 35 Sections 1 & 2

34. Checking for Understanding
Who benefited from Reagonomics? Why were events like this able to occur in the country?

35. Lesson #3 – Clinton & 1990s
Lesson Essential Question – Why were Americans in need of a change in the 1990s? How did America grow and prosper during this decade?
Vocabulary
Apartheid NAFTA
Genocide
sanctions

36. Opener
Imagine that you are preparing to vote in the 1992 presidential election. Conservative Republicans have controlled the White House for 12 years. Based upon the issues at the time, what might you be looking for in a new President?
Be prepared to share with class.

37. 1992 Election George H W Bush – 2nd Term Ross Perot – Independent
Bill Clinton – Democrat
“Slick Willie”
“Comeback Kid”
Election fought on TV
Perot and Bush – Larry King Live
Clinton – Arsenio Hall

38. Class Work
DVD – Bill Clinton
Answer all questions

39. Economic Initiatives 1991 – Recession & increasing deficit
Clinton – “Grow the economy”
Budget cuts, tax increases
Taxes – mostly on rich
Gas tax – 4.3 cents per gallon
Balanced budget , 1999, 2000
Left office with $263 billion surplus

40. What allowed for the economic turnaround of the 1990s?

41. US Internationalism in 1990s
Yugoslavia –
Different ethnic groups fighting for control
Slobodan Milosevic – keep Serbians in power
1991 – Serbs, Croats and Muslims fighting

42. Yugoslavia Muslims and Croatian – secede Serbs resisted
Fighting in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Serbs resisted
Vicious “ethnic cleansing”
Eliminate Croatian and Muslims

43. Africa Apartheid in South Africa
15% white minority segregated and suppressed African population
1980s US Sanctions

44. Africa
1990 S Africa Prime Minister FW de Klerk released Nelson Mandela
(27 years in jail)

45. Africa East Africa – Somalia
Famine resulted in thousands starving to death
President Bush sent in troops to help with UN
June 1993 – food and medicine distributed
US troops dwindled from 28,000 to 5,000

46. Africa June 1993 – US Soldiers taken hostage
UN offered award for warlord Mohammed Farrah Aidid
Increased violence against UN forces

47. Africa
October 3, 1993 –
Task Force assault on the Olympic Hotel in Mogadishu, in search of Aidid
Army Rangers and Delta Force
2 Black Hawk Super 6-1 Helicopters shot down

48. Mogadishu Mile October 4, 1993 –
Troops trapped in Mogadishu over night
6:30am – vehicles roll out of city
Some forced to run out of city
17 hour battle – 18 soldiers killed, 84 wounded
1 captured

50. Class Work DVD – Escape from Bosnia: The Scott O’Grady Story
Answer all questions

51. Homework #4
Entering a New Century, The Disputed Election of 2000, The Presidency of George W Bush, September 11, 2001

52. Checking for Understanding
How was America in the 1990s different from the America of the 1980s? Cite specific examples.

53. Lesson #4 – New Millennium
Lesson Essential Question – How will this new century bring about a change in America? Will the prosperity of the 1990s continue or fade away?
Vocabulary
Recession
Terrorism
Al Queda

54. Opener

55. 2000 Election
George W. Bush vs. Al Gore

56. Class Work
DVD – George H W Bush
Answer all Questions

57. The Day America Changed
September 11, 2001

58. Class Work
DVD – The Day the Towers Fell
Answer all questions

59. Homework
Study for Final Exam.
Complete Study Guide

60. Checking for Understanding
Terrorism has changed America forever. What changes will there be as we progress further into this new millenium?