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A New Century and New Challenges

Final Lecture

2000-2020

March 2021

21st Century

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2001- US enters war in Afghanistan

US Patriot Act

2002- Bush identifies the "Axis of evil"

Department of Homeland Security Established

2003- Iraq War begins

2005- Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf Coast

2007- The Great Recession begins

2008- Federal bailout of banks and companies

Barack Obama elected

2009- Federal stimulus package

Tea Party movement develops

Sonia Sotomayor elected to Supreme Court

2010- Affordable Healthcare Act

Gulf oil spill

Osama Bin Laden killed

Occupy Wall Street Movement

2012- Obama reelected

2013- Edward Snowden revelations

2015- Supreme Court declares constitutional right to gay marriage

US reestablished relations with Cuba

21st Century America

21st Century America

For Americans, the 20th century ended triumphantly. America was the strongest, wealthiest, most powerful nation on earth. It possessed the world's most productive economy and the mightiest armed forces. It dominated global manufacturing and trade and was on the cutting edge of invention, science, and technology. Its popular culture was dominant across much of the globe as well. Yet, the U.S. was not without its enemies…

Bush v. Gore

9/11/2001

September 11, 2001

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9/11

9/11

On September 11th, 2001, Al-Qaeda terrorists turned commercial airlines into missiles and attacked key symbols of American economic and military might. In response, President George W. Bush and his advisors vowed to punish all nations sponsoring terrorism. Then, using questionable intelligence and asserting the right to use preventative force, the U.S. went to war with Iraq. In the end, America’s superpower status couldn’t protect them from terrorists, nor did it guarantee victory over insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Barack Obama

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Barack Obama

In 2009 Barack Obama was elected as America’s first African American President. Facing the economic woes of the “Great Recession” and the military challenges of the ongoing war in Iraq, the President signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and vowed that all U.S. troops would leave Iraq within 18 months. President Obama was reelected in the 2012 election, defeating Republican Mitt Romney.

2016=2020

2016-2020

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