american history
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American Portraits: Barack Obama
Shephard Fairey, Hope, 2008. Poster.
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American Portraits: Barack Obama
Kehinde Wiley, Barack Obama, 2018.
Oil on canvas. National Portrait Gallery.
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American Portraits: Michelle Obama
Amy Sherald, Michelle Obama, 2018.
Oil on linen. National Portrait Gallery.
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HIST 180 Survey of American History
Shephard Fairey, Hope, 2008. Poster.
Benjamin Cawthra, Ph.D.
California State University, Fullerton
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The New Century
1. Timeline: The New Century
2. The War on Terror
3. Freedom at Home after 9/11
4. The Katrina Disasters
5. The Great Recession
6. The Obama Presidency
7. The Turn to Trump
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1. Timeline: The New Century
2001 World Trade Center and Pentagon attacked by Al Qaeda.
US launches war in Afghanistan against Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
USA Patriot Act passed.
Bush identifies “Axis of Evil.”
Department of Homeland Security established.
2003 US invades Iraq and topples Hussein regime.
2004 George W. Bush reelected president, defeating John Kerry.
2005 Hurricane Katrina devastates Gulf Coast.
2006 Democrats regain control of Congress.
2007 Great Recession begins; US economy suffers greatest decline since 1930s.
2008 Democrat Barack Obama elected president, defeating John McCain.
2009 Affordable Care Act becomes law.
Sonya Sotomayor named to Supreme Court.
2010 Republicans win control of the House
2011 Osama Bin Laden killed by US troops in Pakistan.
Obama defeats Mitt Romney, winning reelection.
2014 Obama announces sanctions against Russia for its annexation of Crimea, Ukraine.
2015 Nearly 200 nations, including US, ratify Paris Climate Agreement.
2016 Donald J. Trump upsets Hillary Clinton to win the presidency.
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2. The War on Terror
U.S. Marines in Afghanistan, 2001.
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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell at the United Nations, 2003.
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From operations in Iraq, 2003.
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U.S. Army, Prisoner at Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq, 2003.
Photograph.
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Forkscrew Graphics, iRaq, 2004.
Poster.
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Inmates arriving at Guantanamo Detention Center, 2002.
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Kiefer Sutherland as agent Jack Bauer in 24.
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3. Freedom at Home after 9/11
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"Here in the United States our Muslim citizens are making many contributions in business, science and law, medicine and education, and in other fields. Muslim members of our Armed Forces and of my administration are serving their fellow Americans with distinction, upholding our nation's ideals of liberty and justice in a world at peace.”
President George W. Bush, 2002
President Bush speaks at an Islamic Center, Sept. 17, 2001.
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Firefighters raise a flag at Ground Zero, 2001.
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4. The Katrina Disasters
Victims of the flooding of New Orleans, August 2005.
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New Orleans and Vicinity, 1900.
Map.
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William Widmer, Oil Refineries, Louisiana, 2015.
Photograph. New York Times.
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Delta and wetlands, 1932 and 2011
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The FEMA blue tarp on homes in New Orleans, 2007.
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Public Housing destruction,
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5. The Great Recession
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Average American Family, 2008:
Income: $50,000
Home Mortgage: $84,000
Student Loans/Auto: $14,000
Credit Card Debt: $ 8,500
Home Equity Loans: $10,000
Annual Savings: $ 400
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Bernard Madoff at a court date, March 2009.
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6. The Obama Years
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White House situation room during raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, 2011.
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Laquan McDonald, Chicago
Tamir Rice, Cleveland
Trayvon Martin, Orlando
Jordan Edwards, Dallas
Freddie Gray, Baltimore
Eric Garner, New York
Sandra Bland, Texas
Christian Taylor, Texas
Alton Sterling, Baton Rouge
Joseph Mann, Sacramento
Terence Crutcher, Tulsa
Keith Lamont Scott, Charlotte
Philando Castile, Minneapolis
Michael Brown, Ferguson
Walter Scott, Charleston
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Prayer Vigil with Photographs of Charleston shooting victims, Metropolitan AME Church, Washington, D.C., June 19, 2015.
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Tamir Rice.
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President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, 2012.
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7. The Turn to Trump
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton debate, 2016.
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Trump on Election Night, 2016.
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Protesters are removed from Trump campaign rally in North Carolina, 2016.
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Owen Freeman, Is This The End?, 2012
Illustration. New York Times.
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Robert Frank, US 285, New Mexico, 1956.
Photograph.
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