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Warm Up
0 How did Hurricane Katrina affect Texas?
Houston, TX
Hurricane Katrina
relocation map.
0 USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism) – purpose of the Act is to deter and
punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the
world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and
other purposes. Some Americans feel that this Act is
unconstitutional and gives the executive branch the right to
spy on its citizens without a warrant which violates citizens’
constitutional rights.
Group Discussion Questions
0 Do you think we have to sacrifice our individual rights and civil
liberties in order to protect ourselves from terrorist attacks or
other threats?
Group Discussion Questions
0 Can you think of other examples in U.S. History where the
government suspended civil liberties to protect the U.S. from a
threat?
0 World War I
0 World War II- Japanese Internment Camps
0 Cold War-McCarthyism and HUAC
0 Hurricane Katrina (2005) - It was the costliest natural
disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in
the history of the United States. At least 1,833 people died in
the hurricane and subsequent floods, making it the deadliest
U.S. hurricane since the 1928; total property damage was
estimated at $81 billion (2005 USD), nearly triple the damage
brought by Hurricane Andrew in 1992. The most devastating
impact was on the city of New Orleans.
Physical and Human Geographic Factors of Hurricane Katrina
0 Levee failure in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
0 Human factors – engineering failure of the levees (levees
were build to hold back ocean water from the areas of the
city that were below sea level.
0 Physical factors – the wind and storm surge of the hurricane
hit at high tide
Group Discussion Question
0 What could have been done to prevent the massive
destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina?
0 No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) - is a United
States Act of Congress that is a reauthorization of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which
included Title I, the government's flagship aid program for
disadvantaged students. NCLB supports standards-based
education reform based on the premise that setting
high standards and establishing measurable goals can improve
individual outcomes in education. The Act requires states to
develop assessments in basic skills. To receive federal school
funding, States must give these assessments to all students at
select grade levels. NCLB expanded the federal role in public
education through annual testing, annual academic progress,
report cards, teacher qualifications, and funding changes.
0 The Great Recession - also referred to as the global recession
of 2009, is an ongoing marked global economic decline that
began in December 2007 and took a particularly sharp
downward turn in September 2008.
0 The bursting of the U.S. housing bubble, which peaked in
2006, caused the values of securities tied to U.S. real estate
pricing to plummet, damaging financial institutions globally
and creating an interbank credit crisis.
Basically, banks had been allowed to make fault loans to people
buying houses. The values of the home loans were so high that the
banks cut new homeowners a deal to get a house at low cost with
the stipulation that after several years there would be a balloon in
their payments. People could not make those high payments so
many people foreclosed on their homes and the value of all homes
in their neighborhood began to drop.
0 Americans purchasing power lowered and unemployment
became high. It began as a national recession in United States in
December 2007 and then the recession took place at the global
level. The exact start and end-point for the recession at the
national level, however greatly varied from country to country,
and some countries did not experience any recession at all.
The Decline: The
Geography of a
Recession
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0 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2008 (Economic
Stimulus Package) - enacted February 13, 2008 was
an Act of Congress providing for several kinds of economic stimuli intended
to boost the United States economy in 2008 to help economic conditions.
It was signed into law on February 13, 2008 by President Bush with the
support of both Democratic and Republican lawmakers. The law provides
for tax rebates to low- and middle-income U.S. taxpayers, tax incentives to
stimulate business investment, and an increase in the limits imposed
on mortgages eligible for purchase by government-sponsored
enterprises (e.g., Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). The total cost of this bill
was projected at $152 billion for 2008.
Social Media Becomes Popular
0 Web 2.0 describes web sites that use
technology beyond the static pages of
earlier web sites. A Web 2.0 site may
allow users to interact and collaborate
with each other in a social
media dialogue as creators of usergenerated content in a virtual
community, in contrast to websites
where people are limited to the passive
viewing of content. Examples of Web
2.0 include social networking
sites, blogs, wikis, video
sharing sites, hosted services, and web
applications
0 Facebook is an online social networking service. Facebook was
founded in February 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with his college
roommates and fellow Harvard University students Eduardo
Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris
Hughes. Facebook is the leading social networking site based
on monthly unique visitors, having overtaken main competitor
MySpace in April 2008.. It has become an interregnal part of
relationships online.
0 Twitter - was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan
Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass and by July 2006, the site
was launched. The service rapidly gained worldwide
popularity, with 500 million registered users in 2012, who
posted 340 million tweets per day. The service also handled
1.6 billion search queries per day. Twitter is now one of the
ten most visited websites, and has been described as "the SMS
of the Internet."
Group Discussion Question
0 Since Web 2.0 was introduced, do you think there is
more or less reliable information that can be found on
the internet? Explain.
0 End of the War in Iraq (Now being called “Operation New
Dawn”)- The U.S. completed its withdrawal of military
personnel in December 2011. However, the Iraqi
insurgency continues and caused thousands of fatalities in
2012.
0 In late February 2009, newly elected U.S. President Barack
Obama announced an 18-month withdrawal window for combat
forces, with approximately 50,000 troops remaining in the
country "to advise and train Iraqi security forces and to provide
intelligence and surveillance". Beginning September 1, 2010,
the American operational name for its involvement in Iraq
changed from "Operation Iraqi Freedom" to "Operation New
Dawn".
0 On October 21, 2011, President Obama announced that all
U.S. troops and trainers would leave Iraq by the end of the year,
bringing the U.S. mission in Iraq to an end.] On December 15,
2011, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta officially declared
the Iraq War over, at a flag lowering ceremony in Baghdad. The
last U.S. troops left Iraqi territory on December 18, 2011 at
4:27 UTC.
0 Arab Spring - is a term for the revolutionary
wave of demonstrations and protests (both non-violent and
violent), riots, and civil wars in the Arab world that began on 18
December 2010.
0 Protests in many countries affected by the Arab Spring have
attracted widespread support from the international community,
while harsh government responses have generally met
condemnation.
Arab Leaders who
have been
overthrown. 
Some critics have accused Western governments and media,
including those of France, the United Kingdom, and the United
States, of hypocrisy in the way they have reacted to the Arab
Spring. Noam Chomsky accused the Obama administration of
endeavoring to muffle the revolutionary wave and stifle popular
democratization efforts in the Middle East. Social Media has
played a major role in the revolutions.
0 War in Libya - In March 2011, Libyan rebel forces and forces
loyal to Muammar Gaddafi the government started fighting.
NATO countries supported the rebels and assisted in using
airstrikes against the forces loyal to Gaddafi. Eventually the
rebel forces captured and killed Gaddafi and established a new
government in Libya.
Benghazi Attack in Libya - US relations with the new Libyan
government were thrust into the spotlight on September 11, 2012
when gunmen attacked and firebombed the US liaison
office/mission in Benghazi, killing 4 Americans including
Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens. Libya's interim
leader Mohammed Magarief quickly condemned the attack and
apologized to the US, describing it as "cowardly" and pledging to
bring the killers to justice.
Demonstrations denouncing the attack and supporting the United
States were held in Benghazi the next day, with protesters
mourning Stevens and signs declaring him 'a friend to all Libyans'.
Libya cooperated with the US to investigate the attack, closing
Benghazi's airspace for several hours to allow US drone patrols
over the city on September 14. Controversy surrounded how much
the White House administration knew about the social unrest in
Libya that lead to American deaths. Secretary of State Hilary
Clinton was questioned before committee regarding the situation.
0 Osama bin Laden Death- Starting with information received in
July 2010, intelligence developed by the CIA over the next several
months determined what they believed to be the location of
Osama bin Laden in a large compound in Pakistan. Meeting with
his national security advisers over the course of the next six
weeks, Obama rejected a plan to bomb the compound, and
authorized a "surgical raid" to be conducted by United States
Navy SEALs.
The operation took place on May 1, 2011, resulting in the death of
bin Laden and the seizure of papers, computer drives and disks
from the compound. DNA testing identified bin Laden's
body, which was buried at sea several hours later. Reaction to the
announcement was positive across party lines, including from
former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, and from many
countries around the world.
0 Civil War in Syria – The Syrian Civil War began on March 15
2011, when Syrian protesters demanded the resignation of
President Bashar al-Assad whose family has help the presidency
since 1971. Rebel groups began to form as the Syrian Army was
deployed to stop the uprising. Many protesters have been arrest
and tortured. Since then the UN, including the U.S. as well as
Amnesty International has been supplying humanitarian aid to
the Syrian citizen. The U.S. has supplied defensive, non-combat
assistance to the rebels: night vision goggles, bullet proof vests,
etc.
0 The uprising then turned into a Civil War between the rebels
and the Assad government. There were accusations and proof
that the Assad government used chemical weapons against the
rebels. Obama threatened Syria of U.S. intervention because of
the use of chemical weapons. Congress did not support an
invasion of Syria but Russia and the United States came to an
agreement with Syria over the stock piling and control of
chemical weapons by an international organization.
Remember!
The 1925 Geneva Protocol prohibits the use of chemical and
biological weapons in warfare. The reason for restricting
biological weapons is because of the unexpected outcome of
their use.
0 Emergence of ISIS- In 2013, an Islamist extremist group known
as ISIL started to conquer and take control over large areas of
land in Iraq and Syria. In June of 2014, ISIL self-proclaimed itself
as an Islamic State and a Caliphate. Their fighters have been
accused of genocide, executions, enslavement and rape in the
regions they control. The U.S. and other countries have decided
to help the fight against ISIS by airstrikes.
Group Discussion Question
0 Since ISIS has emerged since the U.S. left Iraq, do you
think it’s the responsibility of the U.S. to protect Iraq
from a complete take over by ISIS?