Chapter 28

wealthy Islamic fundamentalist group in Saudi Arabia; joined fight against Soviets in Afghanistan and got money from CIA. Turns against US after Gulf War and American support of Israel Hates American liberalism and corrupting Saudi Arabia Used technology and globalization to communicate like e-mail and Internet/cell phones

concerns move away from domestic terrorists (KKK, bombers, gun men, rioters, anti-gov't radicals) leads to move for national security over freedom and Patriot Act and Department of Homeland Security must now take on mission of planting seeds of democracy in M.E.

right for US to intervene and build new stable gov'ts like US one in chaotic countries

the Anti-Balistic Missile Treaty of 1972; barred deployment of such systems

patriotism following 9/11 more trust in gov't and high approval ratings unites everyone of distress (crisis stage and high stage) criticism of terrorists and value of American freedom

launch a war on any terrorist groups, very vague

US troops and Northern Alliance come to drive out Taliban

in Central America, Africa, Philippines, Pakistan and Indonesia

have WMD - nuclear, chemical and biological Iran, Iraw and North Korea

must maintain world's greatest military that can't be threatened by anyone in order to stay in power; may get involved in preemptive war (war if US thought there was any possible threat)

West split; many protests and reflects Vietnam --- France opposed (freedom freies) -UN doesn't approve, only Britain -real enemy was Al Qaeda and not Iraq -during war, Iraq was no match to US bombs and missiles -Hussein found and killed in 2006 -NO DRAFT -war viewed as a lost cost -world sees US as out of control

Shiites (majority) and Sunnis (rulers) fighting; resent American invasions and becomes haven for anti-American terrorists -just like Vietnam, in both the US has no knowledge of culture/history

c. persuaded Congress to enact the largest tax cut in American history and employed supply-side economics

b. declared a war on terrorism.

b. addressed the issue of global warming, and accepted by 180 nations but was rejected by Pres. Bush.

d. Fear

a. against Afghanistan, because the nation was harboring Osama bin Laden.

d. It advocated the use of preemptive action.

d. only the beginning of the war on terror.

a. In opposition to Colin Powell, Pres. Bush, VP Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and Paul Wolfowitz all were determined to oust Saddam Hussein from power.

b. Great Britain

b. expanded the rights of law enforcement agencies to conduct secret searches and detain suspected aliens.

d. Pres. Bush

b. Unlawful combatants

b. Sec. of State Powell

c. Under the supervision of U.S. military personnel, many prisoners were mistreated, humiliated, and tortured.

b. The economy was especially strong in the technology sector.

b. He was very in touch with the people and embraced by the common man.

d. Massachusetts

b. The mayor of New Orleans was slow to order an evacuation of the city.

d. all of these (a. Both legal and illegal immigrants pay taxes and mostly work at jobs that other Americans don't want because of lower wages. b. The House of Representatives passed a bill in 2006 that made it a felony to be in the country illegally and a crime to offer aid to illegal immigrants. c. In reaction to the bill, both legal and illegal immigrants engaged in several popular demonstrations demanding their right to remain in the United States.)

torture camp; example of secret military torture against terrorists or suspests; takes away rights and abuses human rights; water-boarding, electric shocks, dog attacks Media exposes these practices; hurts US reputation in the world

-India taking over computers and jobs/manufacturing overseas -many huge companies fire/reduce pensions or health benefits for retired workers -black/latino workers have double unemployment -reduce interests with tax cuts -low minimum wage (Congress won´t help)

majority in Congress

hurts US financially at national level -shows FEMA (natural disasters) was undeprepared -ordinary people help more than gov't -alerts US of extreme poverty -Katrina shatters competence in dealing with a disaster after 9/11 -Congress cuts funding from Medicaid, food stamps and other social programs to help rebuild Gulf Coast (has oil)

more undocumented Mexicans; hurts American jobs -Reagan had granted amnesty; Bush says no -blamed for stagnation of wages -more non-profits supporting immigrants and providing them with food and shelter

economy filed with speculators and get-rich schemes -too much borrowing increasing house spending -banks lending subprime mortgages (risky loans to people lcking income) -W.S. develops complex new ways of repackaging and selling these mortgages to investors -credit rating agencies give highest raitngs despite being based on loans that would NEVER be repaid -many Americans owe more than homes are actually worth -banks stop loaning, businesses die and the market FREEZES (GDP decreases)

-shows how reliant on fed. aid -gives $700 billion to monster bank -proves there was a weak safety net --had been hurt by abolition of welfare -major budget cuts in education/music/health care

Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, Wilson's suspension of free speecj adm FDR's internment camps

-people hungry for change and disgust of Bush -utilized internet/e-mail to attract supporters -attracted multicultural spectrum of voters

Obama v. Cain (tried to be hip, had bad judgement with Sarah Palin, appealed to patriotism and low taxes)

-reform health care, environment, education -create jobs -requires all Americans to have health care, Obama Care -clean up human rights abuses at Guantánamo bay

c. It denies a long past of cultural exchanges between the two.

b. a war on Islam.

b. As a "Trojan Horse"

b. reaffirmed.

c. intimate conduct.

a. the president had to uphold the Geneva Conventions.

b. The Federal Reserve Bank and other regulatory agencies slowed the speculative frenzy.

a. cut back on spending, leading to business failures and a rapid rise in unemployment.

c. It had knowingly sold "toxic" mortgage-based securities and then bet on their failure.

b. admitted that there had been a "flaw" in his long-held conviction that free markets would produce the best results.

a. were interconnected with other institutions, and the government argued that their collapse would drive the economy into a depression.

c. The number of needy Americans skyrocketed with the recession.

d. Barack Obama was a well-known senator from Illinois when the campaign began.

b. he sought to draw Democratic women into the Republican Party.

d. won in states that had been reliably Republican for years as well as in Democratic strongholds.

d. He repeatedly spoke about freedom.

c. The Korean-built oil rig was operated by a Swiss company under contract with British Petroleum.

d. The net worth of Americans had shrunk by trillions of dollars in the great recession.

c. nearly double

a. The Obama administration abolished the military tribunals Bush had established.

c. He authorized the raid on a Pakistani compound that killed Osama Bin Laden.

b. Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia, and Afghanistan.

a. was born in Africa, not the United States.

a. ceased almost entirely.

c. introduced to the nation the political term "The 1 percent."

c. Unemployment remained high even though the recession was officially over.

a. remain a major player in global affairs.