Goal 12 - The United States since the Vietnam War
The United States since the Vietnam War (1973-present) - The learner will identify and analyze trends in domestic and foreign affairs of the United States during this time period.
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Objective 12.03
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Objective 12.04
Objective 12.05
Objective 12.06
12.01 Summarize significant events in foreign policy since the Vietnam War. 12.02 Evaluate the impact of recent constitutional amendments, court rulings, and federal legislation on United States' citizens. 12.03 Identify and assess the impact of economic, technological, and environmental changes in the United States. 12.04 Identify and assess the impact of social, political, and cultural changes in the United States. 12.05 Assess the impact of growing racial and ethnic diversity in American society. 12.06 Assess the impact of twenty-first century terrorist activity on American society.
- Problems in the Third World - Modern-day genocide - AIDS and Pandemics - Politics of Oil - Rise of Religious and Political Radicalism - Collapse of Communism - European Union - Changing roles of International Organizations
* Yasser Arafat-Palestine Nationalism (PLO) * U.S. invasion of Lebanon * Yom Kipper War * Camp David Accords * Anwar el-Sadat * Menachem Begin * Shah of Iran * Ayatollah Khomeini * Iranian Hostage Crisis * Jimmy Carter * Famine/Somalia and Ethiopia * Foreign debt * Apartheid * Nelson Mandela * Helsinki Accords * Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) * Iran-Contra Affair * INF Treaty * Mikhail Gorbachev * Saddam Hussein * Persian Gulf Wars * Fall of the Berlin Wall * Tiananmen Square
- Role of lobbyists and special interest groups - The Supreme Court: � Minority rights � Privacy rights � Conservative judges
* Sandra Day O�Connor * Clarence Thomas * Microsoft * 27th Amendment * Flag burning * Americans with Disabilities Act * Political Action Committees * Geraldine Ferraro * Title IX * Texas v Johnson * Swan v Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools * William Rehnquist
- Recession: Economic Boom and Bust - Benefits and conflicts of continued globalization - Conservation Measures - Impact of economics on: * Lifestyle * Stock market * Job market - Impact of technology on way of life - Changes from industrial economy to service economy
* WIN (Ford) * Stagflation * NAFTA * Department of Energy * Airline deregulation * Three Mile Island *Energy Crisis * National Energy Act * Solar Energy * Supply-Side economics * Computer revolution * Internet * Bill Gates * National debt * Food stamps * NASDAQ, 1990�s * �Trickle-down� theory * Challenger disaster
- Changing Society: * Social * Political * Cultural * Demographic - Presidential Troubles - Major Issues: * Health Care * Welfare reform * Medicare * AIDS
* Presidential pardon * 1976 election * Jimmy Carter * Ronald Reagan * Amnesty * Elections of 1980-2000 * New Right Coalition * New Federalism * Graying of America * New Democrat * Ross Perot * Bill Clinton * Al Gore * Joe Lieberman * John McCain * Newt Gingrich * Immigration Policy Act * Republican Election of 2000
- Growing Cultural Diversity in the United States - Questions of Race - Population Changes and new demographics
* Regents of UC v Bakke, 1978 * Reverse discrimination * Affirmative action * Minorities in politics * Multiculturalism * Green Card * Nativist * Bilingual education * ESEA-No Child Left Behind
- Restrictions on Civil Liberties - The challenge to the American Spirit - The U. S. government�s policy toward terrorism - Impact of terrorist threats on U. S. foreign policy
* Patriot Act * Embassy bombings * September 11, 2001 * Al-Quaeda * Colin Powell * Osama bin Laden * Taliban Regime * Terrorist network * George W. Bush * World Trade Center * War on Iraq * Afghanistan * Department of Homeland Security * Nuclear proliferation * Airport security * Pre-emptive strikes * �Axis of Evil�