1. 1-2: DOMESTIC POLICY,

2. Objectives
NAT 4.0 Analyze relationships among different regional, social, ethnic, and racial groups, and explain how these groups’ experiences have related to U.S. national identity.
CUL 3.0 Explain how ideas about women’s rights and gender roles have affected society and politics.
MIG 1.0 Explain the causes of migration to colonial North America and, later, the United States, and analyze immigration’s effects on U.S. society.
MIG 2.0 Analyze causes of internal migration and patterns of settlement in what would become the United States, and explain how migration has affected American life.

3. Objectives
WXT 1.0 Explain how different labor systems developed in North America and the United States, and explain their effects on workers’ lives and U.S. society.
WXT 2.0 Explain how patterns of exchange, markets, and private enterprise have developed, and analyze ways that governments have responded to economic issues.
WXT 3.0 Analyze how technological innovation has affected economic development and society.

4. Key Concept
Moving into the 21st century, the nation experienced significant technological, economic, and demographic changes.

5. Overview Technological and Economic Changes Demographic Changes
Innovations in computing and mobile technology
Increase in service jobs
Decrease in manufacturing jobs
Stagnant wages for middle and working class
Demographic Changes
New social behaviors and networks
Intense political and cultural debates
Immigration
Diversity
Gender roles
Family structures

6. Bush Administration (2001-2009)
Disputed Election of 2000
George Bush (R), Al Gore (D), Ralph Nader (G)
Gore popular vote victory but no Electoral victory
Florida recounts
Decided by Supreme Court

7. Bush Administration (2001-2009)
Domestic Policies
Tax Cuts
Reduced top tax bracket and capital gains tax, outlawed estate tax
Criticized for giving “tax cuts to the rich”
Education Reform
No Child Left Behind Act
Corruption
Falsified earnings and profits hurt confidence in the economy
Economic Bubbles
End of technology boom in early 2000s
Interest rates cut
Money moved into real estate, creating the bubble that brought on the 2008 recession

8. Obama Administration (2009-2017)
The Transition
Rapidly growing economic crisis
TARP purchased failing assets
Major banks and corporations “too big to fail”
Conservatives criticized as socialism
Liberals criticized the bailout of Wall Street
Economic Stimulus
Heavy government spending to create jobs
More regulations on banks

9. Obama Administration (2009-2017)
Health Care
Affordable Care Act aimed at extending insurance
Subsidies
Mandates
Insurance exchanges
Republicans opposed costs, complexity, and regulations
Budget Deficits
The Tea Party and the 2010 Midterm Elections

10. Obama Administration (2009-2017)
Congress in Gridlock
Highly partisan political climate
Budget stalemates
Government shutdowns
Fears of defaulting on the debt
Rulings of the Roberts Court
With a dysfunctional Congress, major issues being resolved in the courts
Creation of Super PACs
Same-sex marriage legal
Affordable Care Act constitutional under power to tax
Protection of gun rights