UNIT 8 NOTES QUESTIONS

DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TIME OF CRISIS AND RESURGENCE:

1. What is the goal of the Equal Rights Amendment?

2. Has the Equal Rights Amendment ever been enacted?

3. Who was one of the most outspoken critics of the ERA?

4. For which Presidential candidate did several conservative groups begin to campaign?

5. What were the names of three of these organizations?

6. Why did many people avoid living in the Southeast prior to the 1970s?

7. What did the government build to help make water more available to western cities?

8. What invention made it easier for people to deal with the southern heat?

9. How much faster has the population in the “Sun Belt” grown than in other places?

10. What has this done to the environment in the South?

12. What is the purpose of the World Trade Organization?

13. What are the benefits of joining international organizations like the United Nations and treaty organizations like NATO, SEATO, OAS, APEC, and NAFTA?

14. List at least 5 entrepreneurs who have achieved the “American Dream” and for what each is most noted.

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ASSIGNMENT: Create a storyboard of any 4 events from this section of notes questions.

HAPPENINGS IN THE NEW MILLENIUM:

1. What was the purpose of the USA PATRIOT ACT?

2. What do you think a concern about the Patriot act would be that would cause some limits to be placed on law enforcement and intelligence agencies?

3. What is the purpose of the TSA?

4. What are some questions that have been raised about what they do?

5. What is the purpose of Military Tribunals?

6. What amendment does it call into question and why?

7. List at least three reasons Hurricane Katrina was so devastating.

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8. What was the personal impact for the people of New Orleans?

9. Why did the Federal Reserve lower interest rates when the stock market dropped sharply in 2000?

10. What was the reaction of many people in regards to real estate.

11. What led to the rise in foreclosures in 2008?

12. What did the federal government do in September 2008 to try to stop the crisis? Did it work?

13. What was the response of banks and creditors to the crisis?

15. What did the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (2008) do to try to stop the crisis?

16. What did the Treasury and Federal Reserve do?