1. AP US History
Week 14

2. Objectives This for Weeks 14-16
9.04 Quiz (Due April 27)
9.05 Practice Exams (During the weeks of April 30 and May 7)
Collaboration (Completed by May 8)
Module 9 DBA (By May 11)
Segment 2 Exam (By May 11)

3. 9.04 Globalization Make sure you understand the following:
Income Equality
Deindustrialization
Bill Clinton ending “era of big government”
NAFTA
US financial system in the 1990sGreat Recession
Environment
Personal privacy

4. Globalization Outsourcing and offshoring
Decline of manufacturing and increase growth of related jobs, healthcare, tourism, and finance

5. Balance of Trade
During the 1980s there was a negative balance of trade
President’s George H.W. Bush and Clinton created international organizations to reduce barriers between trade members
Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)- Australia, US, China, Japan, and Singapore
World Trade Organization (WTO)- work with members to work out disputes over trade and reduce practices to limit trade
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)- Canada, Mexico, and the US. Eliminate duties and quotas. Most of our exports go to Mexico and Canada.

6. Environment
1989- EPA announced air pollution was destroying Earth’s ozone layer causing climate change
Lawmakers have passed federal and state laws to place greater restrictions on pollution causing materials and activities (Greenhouse gases, fossil fuels)
Critics argue there isn’t enough date. Also argue laws will cost more than any benefit
Exxon Valdez- oil spill in Alaska (1989) 10 million gallons of oil spilled
BP and Gulf of Mexico in million gallons of crude oil into the Gulf

7. Technology
Working online, earn a college degree, go to school online!!
Critics argue that being “Constantly connected” contributes to a sense of detachment from physical locations and people as work and social interactions are online
However, users of social networking sites tend to receive more social support from their peers, more politically active (e.g. Arab Spring; Occupy Wall Street)
Privacy and health have become a huge concerns

8. Collaboration opportunities online the next two weeks!
Any Questions?
Collaboration opportunities online the next two weeks!