Six Big Topics
- Immigration
- Technology
- Reagan’s Conservative Revolution
- US Foreign Policy Since Ronald Reagan
- Economics
- Terrorism
- Immigration:
Immigration has increased ______. Most recent immigrants are from______.
- Reason for immigration
- ______
- Political Freedom
- Issues related to immigration (positive and negative)
- Bilingual education ______
- Strain on government services
- ______
- ______
- Low paying jobs:
- Cultural Diversity
- Contributions of immigrants
- Music, Art, & ______
- Contributions in ______& Engineering
- Filling ______in areas of need
What impact has immigration had in Sterling, VA?
- Technology
- Space
- President ______promised in 1960 that the US would be the first country to the ______.
- ______1st American to orbit the earth
- Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the moon
"That's one small step for a ______; one giant leap for ______."
- ______: the first reusable space vehicle
- ______is the first female astronaut.
- Communications
- Satellite - Military, entertainment and Global Positioning System (___)
- ______
- ______
- Changes due to technology
- Telecommuting: ______
- Online courses (distance learning): ______
- Growth of the service industries
- Breakthroughs in medical research: ______
- Outsourcing and off-shoring: ______
- Reagan's Conservative Revolution (1980-1988)
Reagan wanted to redefine ______. (The relationship between the national government and the state governments)
- Wanted a smaller national gov't (the federal govt) to give more power to the state govts
- ______- Less government interference, especially in business ______
- ______“Reaganomics” or the Trickle-down effect
- Appoint ______who believed in “judicial restraint” - (judges do not make public policy – the legislative and executive branch do that).
- ______First female Supreme Court Justice
What examples can you think of in US History where Judges (like the Supreme Court) made public policy?
- Strengthening of the American ______.All other federalprograms received less money. What did this help the US do?
- Reagan Revolution continues through the election of the first Pres. Bush, then a moderate Democrat ______, then conservative Republican George W.______. Congress has also gotten progressively more ______.
- US Foreign Policy Since Ronald Reagan
- Post-Cold War foreign policy goals and policies:
- Foreign Policy under Pres. George H.W. Bush (1989-1993)
- Reunification of ______
- Collapse of Yugoslavia
- Breakup of the ______state
- ______
- To push Saddam Hussain out of Kuwait after he invaded it
- First war where ______served in combat roles
- Also called Operation ______
- Foreign Policy under Pres. William J., Clinton
- North American Free Trade Agreement (______): the US, Canada and Mexico
- Opened full diplomatic relations with ______
- Lifted economic sanctions against South Africa after the end of ______(legal racial segregation)
- Led NATO military actions in Yugoslavia
- Foreign Policy under President George W. Bush (2001-2009)
- Terrorist attacks: ______
- Wars in Afghanistan and ______
- Economics – Since the New Deal the government has interfered more w/ the economy.
- Government looks at measures of how well the economy is doing, such as Gross Domestic Product (______) andexchange rates. Its goals are full ______and low ______.
- The gov't. can influence the economy through the ______(which controls the money supply), ______, and______.
- Terrorism - US reaction to 9/11 and other attacks
- Domestically: ______Limited individual rights to have more security
- Internationally: Wars in Afghanistan & Iraq, Broader CIA involvement including drone attacks in countries like Pakistan and Yemen
What rights have you already given up to be more secure?
Are there other rights you would be willing to give up to be more secure?