1. VUS 15- CONTEMPORARY AMERICA ALL ROADS LEAD HERE…

2. Warm-up :12-17-14 1. What is the Civil Rights Movement? 2. What is Segregation? 3. What is Plessy Vs. Ferguson? 4. What is the NAACP? 5. What region had German, English and Dutch speaking immigrants?

3.  was a political, legal, and social struggle to gain full citizenship rights for African Americans and equal pay for equal work.  SEPARATION OF RACES  separate but equal” accommodations were constitutional.  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for the Advancement of Colored People  Middle Colonies

4. THE SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AND IMPACT

5. SUPREME COURT MEMBERSHIP  NOW INCLUDES WOMEN-SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR, RUTH BADER GINSBURG,SONIA SOTOMAYOR,ELENA KAGAN  INCLUDES MINORITIES-CLARENCE THOMAS

6. SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR-1981-2006 FIRST WOMAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

7. CLARENCE THOMAS

8. RUTH BADER GINSBURG

9. SONIA SOTOMAYOR

10. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS  THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENTS IN 40’s, 50’S AND 60’S-PROVIDED A MODEL THAT OTHER GROUPS HAVE USED TO EXTEND CIVIL RIGHTS AND PROMOTE EQUAL JUSTICE FOR EVERYONE  THE SUPREME COURT HAS AIDED IN THIS

11. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS-3 Roles  EXPANDED AND PROTECTED INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS ENUMERATED (LISTED) IN THE CONSTITUTION  IDENTIFIES A CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS FOR A RIGHT TO PRIVACY THAT IS PROTECTED FROM GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE.  INVALIDATES ACTS THAT EXCEED THE AUTHORITY GRANTED TO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BY THE CONSTITUTION

12. IMMIGRATION CONTRIBUTIONS AND ISSUES

13. IMMIGRATION  IMMIGRATION HAS INCREASED FROM MANY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES- ESPECIALLY-ASIAN AND LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES  IMMIGRANTS STILL COME HERE FOR POLITICAL FREEDOM AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

14. ISSUES RELATED TO IMMIGRATION POLICY  STRAIN ON GOVERNMENT SERVICES  FILLING LOW PAYING JOBS  BORDER ISSUES  PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP  BILINGUAL EDUCATION-ESL CLASSES  INCREASING CULTURAL DIVERSITY

15. CONTRIBUTIONS OF IMMIGRANTS  DIVERSITY IN MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS, AND LITERATURE  ROLES IN THE LABOR FORCE  ACHIEVEMENTS IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND OTHER FIELDS

16. SPACE PROGRAM

17.  KENNEDY STARTED IT  HAMPTON ROADS PLAYED A LARGE PART IN THIS PROGRAM  1 ST MAN TO ORBIT EARTH-JOHN GLENN  1 ST MAN TO WALK ON MOON-NEIL ARMSTRONG- “ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN-ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND”

18. JOHN GLENN-FIRST MAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH IN 1962

19. ORIGINAL MERCURY SEVEN

20. CREW OF APOLLO 11 Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins

21. “That’s one small step for Man, one giant leap for mankind”- Neil Armstrong-July 20.1969

24. SALLY RIDE-FIRST WOMAN ASTRONAUT

25. SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES  SPACE SHUTTLE-program is over  MARS ROVER  VOYAGER MISSIONS  HUBBLE TELESCOPE  ROBOTICS  INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

26. SPACE SHUTTLE

27. MARS ROVER

28. HUBBLE TELESCOPE

29. VOYAGER MISSIONS

30. COMMUNICATIONS- TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES  SATELLITE  GPS-GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS  PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES

31. TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES- ”THE WORLD IS SHRINKING”  CABLE TV  24 HOURS NEWS  PC’S  MACS  INTERNET  CELL PHONES  SMART PHONES  IPODS  I ANYTHING

32. CHANGES IN WORK, SCHOOL, HEALTH CARE  TELECOMMUTING  ON-LINE COURSES  GROWTH OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES  MEDICAL RESEARCH-DIAGNOSTIC AND IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES-EX. DNA TESTING, MRI’S ETC. EX. JONAS SALK-POLIO VACCINE-1950’s  OUTSOURCING AND OFF-SHORING

33. Warm-up 12-18-14 1. Who was the first women to serve on the U.S Supreme Court? 2. Who started the Space Program? 3. Name some technology changes to our world? 4. Who gave the famous I have a dream speech during the 1963 March on Washington? 5. Who worked on the homefront while men went to fight during World War II?

34.  Sandra Day O’Connor  John F. Kennedy  Cell phones, Computers and I-PADS and Gps.  Martin Luther King Jr.  Women

35. SALK-POLIO VACCINE

36. RUSTBELT-AREAS WHERE MANUFACTURING JOBS LEFT FIRST

37. COUNTERCULTURE AGAINST THE NORM

38. COUNTER-CULTURE  1960’S-PEOPLE OPPOSED TO MATERIALISM AND MAINSTREAM CULTURE  1967-MANY MOVED TO SAN FRANCISCO, CA-HAIGHT ASBURY  KNOWN AS HIPPIES  COUNTER CULTURE INTEREST IN EASTERN RELIGIONS AND DRUG USE_THREATENED THE AMERICAN DREAM –AGAINST THE NORM

39. HAIGHT-ASHBURY-SAN FRANCISCO HIPPIE MECCA IN THE 1960’S

40. BEATLES CONQUERING AMERICA

41. BEATLES-HIPPIE ERA

42. 1969-WOODSTOCK, N.Y CONCERT-3 DAYS

44. REAGAN REVOLUTION REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

45. START-Reagan gave the Republicans a Head Start  S-STRENGTHENED MILITARY  T-TAX CUTS  A-APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES - JUDICIAL RESTRAINT  R-REDUCTION OF GOV’T PROGRAMS  T-TRANSFER RESPONSIBILITIES TO STATE GOV’T’S

46. REAGAN REVOLUTION CONTINUES…  ELECTION OF VICE PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W.BUSH AS PRESIDENT-1989  **ELECTION OF CLINTON- CONSERVATIVE(CENTRIST-MODERATE) DEMOCRAT  REPUBLICAN SWEEP OF CONGRESS IN THE 1990’S  ELECTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH IN 2000

47. PRESIDENTIAL CRISIS’ PRESIDENTIAL BOO BOO’S

48. RICHARD NIXON

49. NIXON-WATERGATE  NIXON(REPUBLICAN) AUTHORIZED THE BREAK IN OF THE DEMOCRATIC HEADQUARTERS IN THE WATERGATE BUILDING BECAUSE HE WAS RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION.  THE MEN WERE CAUGHT  HE RESIGNED BUT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPEACHED.

50. CARTER

51. CARTER-IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS  LASTED FROM 1979-1981-444 DAYS  US EMPLOYEES AT THE IRANIAN EMBASSY WERE TAKEN HOSTAGE BECAUSE AN ISLAMIC FANTATIC KHOMENI TOOK OVER THE COUNTRY  CARTER COULD NOT GET THE HOSTAGES RELEASED UNTIL THE DAY REAGAN WAS INAUGURATED.

52. Ronald Reagan

53. IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR/OLIVER NORTH

54. IRAN CONTRA AFFAIR  LT. COL.OLIVER NORTH(MEMBER OF SECURITY COUNCIL) AUTHORIZED SALE OF ARMS TO IRAN TO FINANCE CONTRA(REVOLUTIONARIES) IN NICARAGUA.  REAGAN WAS EMBARRASSED WHEN THIS WAS UNCOVERED.

55. GEORGE H.W. BUSH

56.  “IT’S THE ECONOMY- STUPID”  COSTS OF PERSIAN GULF WAR HURT THE U.S. ECONOMY

57. WILLIAM “BILL” CLINTON

58. MONICA LEWINSKY-OOPS

59. CLINTON CLINTON WAS IMPEACHED (BUT NOT REMOVED FROM OFFICE) BECAUSE HE LIED UNDER OATH ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH AN INTERN- MONICA LEWINSKY MONICA LEWINSKY

60. GOVERNMENT ACTIONS THE ECONOMY

61. GOVERNMENT PROMOTES A HEALTHY ECONOMY THROUGH THE FOLLOWING:  FEDERAL RESERVE –CONTROLS MONEY SUPPLY AND CREDIT TO EXPAND OR CONTRACT ECONOMIC GROWTH  PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS DETERMINE LEVELS OF TAXATION AND SPENDING

62. U.S. RESPONSES TO TERRORISM

63. BUSH AND OBAMA WARS AND TERRORISM

64. U.S. RESPONDS TO TERRORISM  HEIGHTENED SECURITY AT HOME- (PATRIOT ACT), THREAT LEVELS, INCREASED SECURITY AT CERTAIN CHECKPOINTS  DIPLOMATIC AND MILITARY INITIATIVES-ALLIANCES AND 2 WARS