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1990s to Present: Dealing with Challenges at Home and Abroad Review
1. What are your civic responsibilities?
Jury duty, vote in elections, selective service (register for the draft)
2. Explain U.S. involvement in international organizations such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and World Trade Organization (WTO).
US becomes involved in international organizations
Encourage more international trade = more competition=lower prices
Give US a forum for ideas, and promote peace and resolve disputes
NAFTA – increase trade between the United States, Mexico, and Canada by lowering tariffs
between these countries
GATT and WTO – increase international trade by lowering tariffs between the member
countries
3. How has the U.S. economy developed in the last century?
More discoveries/technology = more global economy (Globalization)
4. What is a multinational corporation?
A business that operates in more than one country
Example: McDonalds
5. What has been the impact of computers and the internet on American society?
Less privacy, easier access to information, automated inventory control, increase business productivity, faster communication, employees have to sign internet usage agreements, increased trade (online shopping)
6. Explain how free-enterprise increases competition in technology development.
Promotes competition so business are constantly trying to offer customers the best product at the lowest price
7. Name American entrepreneurs we studied and their impact on America.
Bill Gates – Microsoft operating systems, philanthropist
Lionel Sosa – advertising (political ads)
Robert Johnson – BET
Sam Walton – Walmart and SAM’s club
Oprah Winfrey – TV show host, book club, network, magazine, philanthropist
8. Explain U.S. involvement in international organizations such as the United Nations (UN) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Participation in these international organizations increases American national security, as well as, international security
9. Why did the U.S. become involved in the Balkan Crisis?
U.S. and NATO used bombing raids to stop oppression and end genocide
10. Explain U.S. involvement in the Gulf War.
U.S. and U.N. were involved to liberate Kuwait (stop oppression) and protect Kuwait’s oil reserves (national interest)
11. When and how did the Cold War end?
1991 – collapse of USSR and tearing down the Berlin Wall
12. How do third parties impact presidential elections?
Support causes not addressed by major parties, which leads the major parties to adopt their platform or risk losing voter support
Takes votes away from 2 major political parties
13. What impact did President Clinton’s impeachment have on America?
It will lead to the loss of trust in the federal government and its leaders
14. What is the Family and Medical Leave Act?
Allows an employee to take time off of work to care for a family member without fear of losing his/her job
15. Explain Newt Gingrich’s Contract with America.
Government was too large and needed to become more responsible to the people
Promised to restore the balance of power between the people and the government
16. Explain the significance of the 2000 election.
Supreme Court intervened (Bush v. Gore) to prevent recounts from continuing thus determining the outcome of the election
17. What happened after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks?
War in Afghanistan
USA Patriot Act and Department of Homeland Security – security concerns lead to new legislation
War on Terrorism – fight terrorism all over the world (War in Iraq)
Spending more money on war/increase military spending = increase debt
18. Why was Hurricane Katrina so destructive?
Failure to maintain the infrastructure of New Orleans is going to lead to failure of the levies and the flooding of the city.
19. Explain how immigration is impacting American society.
Increase in American diversity
20. Explain the solvency (stability) of Medicare and Social Security.
Due to the aging of the baby boom generation payments of Medicare and Social Security has increased which will place the stability of system is in jeopardy.
21. Explain how Globalization has impacted the world.
American culture (food, movies, clothing, music) have spread all over the world
Outsourcing has led to a loss of American jobs
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