HIST 121 Chapter 34

1. Chapter Thirty-Four:
The Age of Globalization
Brinkley, The Unfinished
Nation, 4/e

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 A Resurgence of Partisanship
 Launching the Clinton Presidency
 Bill Clinton
 NAFTA
 Bosnia
Bill Clinton
(Library of Congress)
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 A Resurgence of Partisanship
 The Republican Resurgence
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“I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican
Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We
encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all
those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a
campfire but are lousy in politics.”
- Newt Gingrich

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 A Resurgence of Partisanship
 The Election of 1996
 Clinton’s Renewed Popularity
 Clinton Reelected
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The Election of 1996

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 A Resurgence of Partisanship
 Clinton Triumphant and Embattled
 Budget Surpluses
 Paula Jones
 Monica Lewinsky
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“I did not have sex with that
woman, Miss Lewinsky…
- Bill
Clinton

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 A Resurgence of Partisanship
 Impeachment, Acquittal, and Resurgence
 Clinton Acquitted
 Serbia Bombed
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 A Resurgence of Partisanship
 The Election of 2000
 George W. Bush
versus Al Gore
 Florida Disputed
 Katherine Harris
 The Supreme Court’s
Divisive Ruling
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The Election of 2000

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 A Resurgence of Partisanship
 The Second Bush Presidency
 Bush’s Tax Cuts
 Jeffords Defection
 Preemption
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 The Economic Boom
 From “Stagflation” to Growth
 Corporate Restructuring
 “Technology Industries”
 Surging GNP
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 The Economic Boom
 Downturn
 “Irrational Exuberance”
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“But how do we know when irrational
exuberance has unduly escalated asset
values…?”
-Alan Greenspan

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 The Economic Boom
 Downturn
 “Irrational Exuberance”
 Plummeting Stock Market
 Corporate Scandals
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 The Economic Boom
 The Two-Tiered Economy
 Rising Income Inequality
 Rising Poverty Rates
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 The Economic Boom
 Globalization
 Mounting Foreign
Competition
 Costs and Benefits
of Globalization
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 Science and Technology in the New
Economy
 The Personal Computer
 The Computer Revolution
 Microsoft
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 Science and Technology in the New
Economy
 The Internet
 Arpanet
 The Internet
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 Science and Technology in the New
Economy
 Breakthroughs in Genetics
 DNA
 Human Genome Project
 Ethical Issues
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 A Changing Society
 The Graying of America
 Growing Elderly
Population
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The American Birth Rate,
1960-1990

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 A Changing Society
 New Patterns of Immigration
and Ethnicity
 Surging Immigration
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Total Immigration,
1961-2000

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 A Changing Society
 New Patterns of Immigration
and Ethnicity
 Surging Immigration
 Latino Immigrants
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Sources of Immigration,
1960-1990

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 A Changing Society
 New Patterns of Immigration
and Ethnicity
 Surging Immigration
 Latino Immigrants
 Asian Immigrants
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 A Changing Society
 The Black Middle Class
 Remarkable Black Economic Progress
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 A Changing Society
 Poor and Working-Class African Americans
 Black “Underclass”
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Comparison of Black and White Occupational Distribution, 1992

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 A Changing Society
 Poor and Working-Class African Americans
 Black “Underclass”
 Los Angeles Riots
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“Why can’t we all just get along?”
- Rodney
King

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 A Changing Society
 Poor and Working-Class African Americans
 Black “Underclass”
 Los Angeles Riots
 Simpson Trial
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“If it doesn’t fit, you must
acquit.”
- Johnnie Cochrane

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 A Changing Society
 Modern Plagues: Drugs and AIDS
 “War on Drugs”
 AIDS Epidemic
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 A Changing Society
 The Decline in Crime
 New Police Techniques
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 A Contested Culture
 Battles over Feminism and Abortion
 “Right to Life” Movement
 “Pro-Choice” Movement
 Women’s Rights Expanded
 Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas
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 A Contested Culture
 The Changing Left and the New
Environmentalism
 Global Warming
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 A Contested Culture
 The Fragmentation of Mass Culture
 Growing Cultural Segmentation
 New Consumer Technologies
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 A Contested Culture
 The “Culture Wars”
 “Multiculturalism”
 “Political Correctness”
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 The Perils of Globalization
 Opposing the “New World Order”
 Intervention Criticized
 Antiglobalization Protests
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 The Perils of Globalization
 Defending Orthodoxy
 Rise of Islamic
Fundamentalism
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Crises in the
Middle East

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 The Perils of Globalization
 The Rise of Terrorism
 Origins of Terrorism
 9-11
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 The Perils of Globalization
 The Rise of Terrorism
 Origins of Terrorism
 9-11
 “War Against Terrorism”
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Fighting and
Remembering

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 The Perils of Globalization
 The Rise of Terrorism
 Origins of Terrorism
 9-11
 “War Against Terrorism”
 “Axis of Evil”
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 The Perils of Globalization
 A New Era?
 America United
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