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Sec$on  34-­‐3  An  Interdependent  World  

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Free  Trade  in  the  Global  Economy  

•  1970s  –  trade  deficits  –  buying  more  than  we  are  selling  to  other  countries  

•  Focus  on  “Free  Trade”  – Pros  – Cons  

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Efforts  to  move  toward  Free  Trade  •  NAFTA  (North  American  Free  Trade  Agreement)  –  Free  trade  between  US,  Mexico,  &  Canada  

•  WTO  (World  Trade  Organiza$on)  – Mediates  between  the  US,  European  Union,  &  APEC  (Asia  Pacific  Economic  Coopera$on)  

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Issues  of  Global  Concern  •  Nuclear  prolifera$on  – US  placed  sanc$ons  on  countries  that  were  trying  to  make  nukes  

– Comprehensive  Nuclear  Test  Ban  Treaty,  1996  –  Clinton  signed,  but  Congress  refused  to  ra$fy    

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Issues  of  Global  Concern  •  The  “hole”  in  the  ozone  layer  – CFCs  deplete  the  layer  of  air  that  protects  earth  from  UV  rays  

– US  cut  produc$on  of  the  chemical  that’s  used  in  refrigerators  &  ACs  

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Issues  of  Global  Concern  

•  Global  Warming  – Could  lead  to  droughts  &  extreme  weather  – Could  be  caused  by  carbon  dioxide  from  factories  &  power  plants  

– Kyoto  Protocol,  1997  –  38-­‐na$on  treaty  to  reduce  emissions.  The  US  par$cipated  in  nego$a$ons,  but  Congress  did  not  sign    

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Sec$on  34-­‐4  America  Enters  a  New  Century  

2000s  

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The  2000  Elec$on  

•  Al  Gore/Joseph  Lieberman,  Dem  •  George  W.  Bush/Dick  Cheney,  Rep  •  Ralph  Nader,  Green  – Major  issue:  how  to  spend  the  budget  surplus  

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Choosing  the  Winner  •  Gore  won  popular  vote  •  Bush  won  electoral  vote  – Aher  a  manual  recount  in  Florida  (won  by  537  votes)  &  2  Supreme  Court  decisions  

– chads!  

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George  W.  Bush  as  President  

•  1.35  trillion  tax  cut  to  prevent  recession  •  Standardized  tes$ng  of  math  &  reading  •  Prescrip$on  drug  coverage  for  seniors  •  Enron  –  investors  lost  money  due  to  poor  accoun$ng  &  management  

•  Strategic  defense  –  make  missiles  to  shoot  down  incoming  nukes  

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Sec$on  34-­‐5  The  War  on  Terrorism  

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Terrorism  

•  The  use  of  violence  by  nongovernmental  groups  against  civilians  to  ins$ll  fear  to  achieve  a  poli$cal  goal  

•  Why  have  there  been  so  many  akacks  from  the  Middle  East?  – Oil  –  Israel  

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Terrorism  in  the  2000s  •  State-­‐sponsored  terrorism  by  Iran,  Libya,  Syria,  Iraq  

•  Afghanistan  –  invaded  by  the  USSR  in  1979  – Osama  bin  Laden  à  moved  there  to  help  the  Taliban  resistance  and  organized  al-­‐Qaeda  

– Used  terrorist  akacks  to  drive  the  US  out  of  the  Middle  East  

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September  11,  2001  •  4  passenger  planes  hijacked  &  crashed  into  2  World  Trade  Center  towers,  Pentagon,  &  a  field  in  Pennsylvania  

•  The  war  on  terror  “will  not  end  un$l  every  terrorist  group  of  global  reach  has  been  found,  stopped,  &  defeated.”  

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Figh$ng  Terrorism  

•  Froze  assets  of  suspected  terrorists  

•  Dept  of  Homeland  Security  – Combined  Coast  Guard,  Border  Patrol,  INS,  Customs,  &  FEMA  in  one  agency  

•  USA  Patriot  Act  – Allowed  warrant-­‐less,  secret  searches  of  terrorist  suspects  

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The  “Axis  of  Evil,”  Jan.  2002  

•  Iraq  –  making  weapons  of  mass  destruc$on  •  Iran  •  North  Korea  –  tested  a  nuke  underground  in  2006  

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The  War  in  Iraq,  2003-­‐2011  •  The  UN  Security  Council  sent  inspectors  to  Iraq  to  find  chemical  weapons  – Found  none,  but  US  &  GB  wanted  to  invade  to  find  &  stop  them  

– France  &  Russia  vetoed  UN  ac$on,  so  the  “coali$on  forces”  akacked  


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