America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2004

Bell Ringer

• Did president’s Reagan and Bush #1 resolve the issues of a Cold War American society? Provide examples.

Objectives

• Identify efforts to reform the U.S. post-Cold War.

• Describe Bill Clinton’s foreign and domestic policies during both terms.

• Analyze the influence of terrorism on the American landscape.

Bill Clinton – the First Baby Boomer President

• Dems/Reps platform look to America post-Cold War

• False start seen in “don’t ask, don’t tell”, health care, terrorism

• Reform seen with federal deficit, anticrime

• “Contract with America” brings a promise of new government

Bill Clinton Again

• Clinton becomes first re-elected Dem.

• Economic good-time brings good business with some sacrifice

• “Whitewater” and Lewinski presented jaded image of the president– 2nd to be impeached

G-Dub, Dub-ya: 2000-2004

• Election question brings voting counts “too close to call”

• Bush takes on hot topics in 2000

• Patriotism, division comes as a result of 9/11

• Political focus in 2004 comes as a result of terrorism

The American People Face a New Century

Bell Ringer

• Discussion sheet of questions related to the new century.

Objectives

• Describe the evolution of the American economy in the 21st century.

• Evaluate the influence of a changing population on society and the economy.

• Discuss the opportunities for change in the 21st century America.

Economic Revolution

• White-collar jobs are outsourced

• Science propels the economy

• Rich get richer, widens income gap

Changing Population

• Female rights grow in a new era• Families alter into different forms• Aging population presents social,

economic problems• New immigration prompted old

reasons• Latinos become an important

minority• Americans notice “new

isolationism”• Cultural catchword = ethnic pride

diversity multiculturalism

The American Prospect

• Environmental concerns cloud Americas future

• Americans seek to resolve cultural conflict

• Opportunities in America present open doors